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Association of Escherichia coli O157:H7 tir polymorphisms with human infection.
BMC infectious diseases - 24 Aug 2007
Bono James L, Keen James E, Clawson Michael L, Durso Lisa M, Heaton Michael P, Laegreid William W
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BACKGROUND: Emerging molecular, animal model and epidemiologic evidence suggests that Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 (STEC O157) isolates vary in their capacity to cause human infection and disease. The translocated intimin receptor (tir) and intimin (eae) are virulence factors and bacterial receptor-ligand proteins responsible for tight STEC O157 adherence to intestinal epithelial cells. They represent...
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