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The virulence of Staphylococcus aureus correlates with strain genotype in a chicken embryo model but not a nematode model.
Microbes and infection - 1 Nov 2012
Polakowska Klaudia, Lis Marcin W, Helbin Weronika M, Dubin Grzegorz, Dubin Adam, Niedziolka Jerzy W, Miedzobrodzki Jacek, Wladyka Benedykt
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Staphylococcus aureus infections are of major importance in human and veterinary medicine. Studies of the virulence of this bacterium are complicated by inconsistent results obtained in different animal models. We searched for an uncomplicated and inexpensive model suitable to study virulence of poultry strains of S. aureus using a genome-wide approach. We determined that a useful model would clearly...
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