Article
Campylobacter jejuni transcriptional and genetic adaptation during human infection.
Nature microbiology - 1 Apr 2018
Crofts Alexander A, Poly Frédéric M, Ewing Cheryl P, Kuroiwa Janelle M, Rimmer Joanna E, Harro Clayton, Sack David, Talaat Kawsar R, Porter Chad K, Gutierrez Ramiro L, DeNearing Barbara, Brubaker Jessica, Laird Renée M, Maue Alexander C, Jaep Kayla, Alcala Ashley, Tribble David R, Riddle Mark S, Ramakrishnan Amritha, McCoy Andrea J, Davies Bryan W, Guerry Patricia, Trent M Stephen
Abstract excerpt
Campylobacter jejuni infections are a leading cause of bacterial food-borne diarrhoeal illness worldwide, and Campylobacter infections in children are associated with stunted growth and therefore long-term deficits into adulthood. Despite this global impact on health and human capital, how zoonotic C. jejuni responds to the human host remains unclear. Unlike other intestinal pathogens, C. jejuni does not harbour...
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