| Literature DB >> 16923791 |
Anthony L Keyburn1, Scott A Sheedy, Mark E Ford, Mark M Williamson, Milena M Awad, Julian I Rood, Robert J Moore.
Abstract
The Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin has previously been implicated as the major virulence factor in necrotic enteritis in chickens, although definitive proof has not been reported. In this study an alpha-toxin mutant was constructed in a virulent chicken isolate and shown to retain full virulence in a chicken disease model. These results demonstrated that alpha-toxin is not an essential virulence factor in the pathogenesis of necrotic enteritis in chickens.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16923791 PMCID: PMC1695520 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00806-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441