Contribution of the type VI secretion system encoded in SPI-19 to chicken colonization by Salmonella enterica serotypes Gallinarum and Enteritidis.

Salmonella Gallinarum is a pathogen with a host range specific to poultry, while Salmonella Enteritidis is a broad host range pathogen that colonizes poultry sub-clinically but is a leading cause of gastrointestinal salmonellosis in humans and many other species. Despite recent advances in our under...

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Main Authors: Carlos J Blondel, Hee-Jeong Yang, Benjamín Castro, Sebastián Chiang, Cecilia S Toro, Mercedes Zaldívar, Inés Contreras, Helene L Andrews-Polymenis, Carlos A Santiviago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2908676?pdf=render