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Human Cytomegalovirus Enhances <i>A. actinomycetemcomitans</i> Adherence to Cells
1 Feb 2007
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Adherence of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to epithelial cells is an important step in periodontal disease pathogenesis. Recent publications describe the subgingival presence of a wide array of viruses [e.g., human cytomegalo-virus (hCMV)]. Since viruses can increase cellular susceptibility for bacterial adherence, we investigated whether hCMV renders epithelial cells more prone to adherence by...
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