Contribution of the inflammasome-autophagy axis in host defense to enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is a non-invasive, gram-negative bacterium that causes acute and persistent diarrhoea in infants under the age of five. Infantile diarrhoea is the second leading cause of mortality in children recorded by the World Health Organization (WHO). At present the ro...

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Main Author: Pramanik, N.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677680