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Changes in macrophage phenotype after infection of pigs with Haemophilus parasuis strains with different levels of virulence.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jul 2013
Costa-Hurtado Mar, Olvera Alexandre, Martinez-Moliner Verónica, Galofré-Milà Nuria, Martínez Paloma, Dominguez Javier, Aragon Virginia
Abstract excerpt
Haemophilus parasuis is a colonizer of healthy piglets and the etiological agent of Glässer's disease. Differences in virulence among strains of H. parasuis have been widely observed. In order to explore the host-pathogen interaction, snatch-farrowed colostrum-deprived piglets were intranasally infected with 4 strains of H. parasuis: reference virulent strain Nagasaki, reference nonvirulent strain SW114, field...
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