The pathogenic mechanisms of Shiga toxin and the Shiga‐like toxins

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It is now well documented that some enteric bacteria which cause diarrhoeal and/or dysenteric disease produce, at high levels, one or more of a family of protein toxins referred to as Shiga toxin and Shiga-like toxins (SLTs; alternatively called verocytotoxins or VTs). Within the past few years, there have been considerable advancements made in our understanding of the biochemistry and molecular biology of Shiga...

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