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Intestinal infection of BALB/c mice with Yersinia enterocolitica O9 causes major modifications in phenotype and functions of spleen cells.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Nov 2001
Ruiz-Bravo A, Moreno E, Jiménez-Valera M
Abstract excerpt
Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O9 may cause a persistent intestinal infection with few or no symptoms in humans and in BALB/c mice. The present study demonstrated profound alterations in the immune status of BALB/c mice infected with Y. enterocolitica O9. Infected mice developed splenomegaly and phenotypic analysis of spleen cells revealed increases in CD3+ total T cells, CD4+ helper T cells, CD8+ cytotoxic T...
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