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Salmonellosis
Research data from University of Saskatchewan, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization update understanding of salmonellosis
July 8th, 2009
Current study results from the report, 'Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis pathogenicity island 1 is not essential for but facilitates rapid systemic spread in chickens,' have been published. According to recent research published in the journal Infection and Immunity, "Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Enteritidis is a leading cause of human food-borne illness that is mainly associated with the consumption of contaminated poultry meat and eggs. To cause infection, S. enteritidis is known to use two type III secretion systems, which are encoded on two salmonella pathogenicity islands, SPI-1 and SPI-2, the first of which is thought to play a major role in...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-07-08)
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