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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Bordetella bronchiseptica
SUBMITTER: Tracy Nicholson
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1558 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Infection and immunity 20090223 5
Bordetella bronchiseptica is pervasive in swine populations and plays multiple roles in respiratory disease. Most studies addressing virulence factors of B. bronchiseptica are based on isolates derived from hosts other than pigs. Two well-studied virulence factors implicated in the adhesion process are filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) and pertactin (PRN). We hypothesized that both FHA and PRN would serve critical roles in the adhesion process and be necessary for colonization of the swine respira ...[more]