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Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 influences both systemic salmonellosis and Salmonella-induced enteritis in calves.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 2001
Bispham J, Tripathi B N, Watson P R, Wallis T S
Abstract excerpt
We have used signature-tagged mutagenesis to identify mutants of the host-specific Salmonella enterica serotype Dublin which were avirulent in calves and/or BALB/c mice. A mutant with a transposon insertion in the sseD gene of Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 (SPI-2), which encodes a putative secreted effector protein, was identified. This mutant was recovered from the bovine host but not from the murine host...
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