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Contribution of hemagglutinin/protease and motility to the pathogenesis of El Tor biotype cholera.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 2006
Silva Anisia J, Leitch Gordon J, Camilli Andrew, Benitez Jorge A
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio cholerae is a highly motile organism that secretes a Zn-dependent metalloprotease, hemagglutinin/protease (HapA). HapA has been shown to have mucinase activity and contribute to the reactogenicity of live vaccine candidates, but its role in cholera pathogenesis is not yet clear. The contribution of motility to pathogenesis is not fully understood, since conflicting results have been obtained with different...
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