Alpha-toxin of Clostridium perfringens is not an essential virulence factor in necrotic enteritis in chickens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 6496-6500

  Keyburn, Anthony L ^a,b   Sheedy, Scott A ^a,b   Ford, Mark E ^a   Williamson, Mark M ^c   Awad, Milena M ^b   Rood, Julian I ^b   Moore, Robert J ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Gribbles Veterinary Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE MODEL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33750493301     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00806-06     Document Type: Article

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