Hyperinvasiveness in the major food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni

Campylobacter jejuni is a common cause of human gastrointestinal infections. Invasion of host epithelial cells is believed to be an important virulence Mechanism of this bacterium. C. jejuni strains vary in their ability to invade the human epithelial cells and some of the strains are hyperinvasive....

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Main Author: Javed, Muhammad Afzal
Published: Nottingham Trent University 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511428