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Salmonella Typhimurium SPI-1 genes promote intestinal but not tonsillar colonization in pigs.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jan 2000
Boyen Filip, Pasmans Frank, Van Immerseel Filip, Morgan Eirwen, Adriaensen Connie, Hernalsteens Jean-Pierre, Decostere Annemie, Ducatelle Richard, Haesebrouck Freddy
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 (SPI-1) genes are indispensable for virulence of Salmonella Typhimurium in several animal species. The role of SPI-1 in the pathogenesis of Salmonella Typhimurium infections of pigs, however, is not well described. The interactions of a porcine Salmonella Typhimurium field strain and its isogenic mutants with disruptions in the SPI-1 genes hilA, sipA and sipB with porcine...
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