Typhoid fever: pathogenesis and disease

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Typhoid fever is an infectious disease of global distribution. Although there is a wealth of data on Salmonella typhimurium infection in the mouse and the interaction of this serovar with human cell lines in vitro, there is a relatively small amount of data on S. typhi and the pathogenesis of typhoid fever. In this review we focus on three areas: adherence to and invasion of gut epithelial cells, dissemination to...

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