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SUBMITTER: Parween F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6517557 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parween Farhat F Yadav Jitender J Qadri Ayub A
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 20190508
Vi capsular polysaccharide (Vi) is a major virulence factor of human typhoid-causing pathogen <i>Salmonella enterica</i> serovar Typhi (<i>S</i>. Typhi). It distinguishes <i>S</i>. Typhi from closely related non-typhoidal <i>Salmonella</i> serovars such as <i>S</i>. Typhimurium which do not normally cause systemic infection in humans. Vi not only forms a capsule around <i>S</i>. Typhi but it is also readily released from this pathogen. We have previously reported that Vi targets prohibitin to in ...[more]