Lymphoid follicle-dense mucosa at the terminal rectum is the principal site of colonization of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the bovine host

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1505-1512

  Naylor, Stuart W ^a   Low, J Christopher ^b   Besser, Thomas E ^e   Mahajan, Arvind ^a   Gunn, George J ^b   Pearce, Michael C ^c   McKendrick, Iain J ^d   Smith, David G E ^a   Gally, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Biomathematics and Statistics for Scotland 'BioSS'   (United Kingdom)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE CELL; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECTUM MUCOSA; SEROTYPE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; RECTUM;

EID: 0037371268     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.3.1505-1512.2003     Document Type: Article

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