Invasive Non‐typhoid Salmonellae Establish Systemic Intracellular Infection in HIV‐Infected Adults: An Emerging Disease Pathogenesis
Author(s) -
Melita A. Gordon,
Anstead Kankwatira,
Gershom Mwafulirwa,
Amanda L. Walsh,
Mark Hopkins,
Christopher M. Parry,
E. Brian Faragher,
Eduard E. Zijlstra,
Robert S. Heyderman,
Malcolm E. Molyneux
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/651080
Subject(s) - medicine , intracellular , immunology , pathogenesis , bone marrow , intracellular parasite , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , biology , immune system
Salmonellae are facultative intracellular pathogens. Non-typhoid salmonellae (NTS) cause self-limiting mucosal disease in immunocompetent adults but invasive, recurrent disease among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults in Africa. The importance of intracellular NTS infection in HIV is unknown.
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