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Host restriction of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi is not caused by functional alteration of SipA, SopB, or SopD.
Infection and immunity - 1 Dec 2005
Raffatellu Manuela, Sun Yao-Hui, Wilson R Paul, Tran Quynh T, Chessa Daniela, Andrews-Polymenis Helene L, Lawhon Sara D, Figueiredo Josely F, Tsolis Renée M, Adams L Garry, Bäumler Andreas J
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi is a strictly human adapted pathogen that does not cause disease in nonprimate vertebrate hosts, while Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium is a broad-host-range pathogen. Serotype Typhi lacks some of the proteins (effectors) exported by the invasion-associated type III secretion system that are required by serotype Typhimurium for eliciting fluid secretion and inflammation...
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