Salmonella Virchow infection of the chicken elicits cellular and humoral systemic and mucosal responses, but limited protection to homologous or heterologous re-challenge.

Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow usually causes mild gastroenteritis in humans; however, it is frequently invasive and many isolates are resistant to a broad range of therapeutic antimicrobials. Poultry meat is considered a major source of human infection. In this study, we characterise the infec...

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Main Authors: Anne-Marie eSalisbury, Gail eLeeming, Georgios eNikolaou, Anja eKipar, Paul eWigley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fvets.2014.00006/full