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Translocation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus across an in vitro M cell model.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Jan 2014
Finn Rebecca, Ahmad Tauseef, Coffey Eleanor T, Brayden David J, Baird Alan W, Boyd Aoife
Abstract excerpt
Consumption of Vibrio parahaemolyticus via contaminated shellfish results in inflammatory gastroenteritis characterised by severe diarrhoea, nausea and stomach cramps. This study investigated the translocation of V. parahaemolyticus across a Peyer's patch M cell-like Caco-2/Raji B co-culture model system, as M cells represent a primary site of infection for many pathogenic bacteria. Vibrio parahaemolyticus...
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