Article
Relative Contribution of P5 and Hap Surface Proteins to Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae Interplay with the Host Upper and Lower Airways.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Euba Begoña, Moleres Javier, Viadas Cristina, Ruiz de los Mozos Igor, Valle Jaione, Bengoechea José Antonio, Garmendia Junkal
Abstract excerpt
Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a major cause of opportunistic respiratory tract disease, and initiates infection by colonizing the nasopharynx. Bacterial surface proteins play determining roles in the NTHi-airways interplay, but their specific and relative contribution to colonization and infection of the respiratory tract has not been addressed comprehensively. In this study, we focused on the ompP5...
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