Stress-induced survival strategies enable <it>Salmonella </it>Enteritidis to persistently colonize the chicken oviduct tissue and cope with antimicrobial factors in egg white: A hypothesis to explain a pandemic

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Egg-associated transmission to humans seems to be characteristic of the <it>Salmonella </it>serotype Enteritidis, explaining why this particular serotype has caused a worldwide pandemic since the mid '80s. <it>...

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Main Author: Van Immerseel Filip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:Gut Pathogens
Online Access:http://www.gutpathogens.com/content/2/1/23

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