Altering host resistance to infections through microbial transplantation.

Host resistance to bacterial infections is thought to be dictated by host genetic factors. Infections by the natural murine enteric pathogen Citrobacter rodentium (used as a model of human enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli infections) vary between mice strains, from mild self-resolving...

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Main Authors: Benjamin P Willing, Anjalee Vacharaksa, Matthew Croxen, Teerawat Thanachayanont, B Brett Finlay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3203939?pdf=render