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Role of Yersinia enterocolitica Yst toxin in experimental infection of young rabbits.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 1992
Delor I, Cornelis G R
Abstract excerpt
We constructed a Yst-negative mutant of Yersinia enterocolitica W1024 by reverse genetics, and we compared the virulence of the yst+ and yst isogenic strains in an experimental oral infection of the young rabbit. The rabbits infected with the yst+ strain suffered from the diarrhea and lost weight, and most of them died. By contrast, the occurrence of diarrhea, weight loss, and death in the group of rabbits...
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