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Medicina Fluminensis : Medicina Fluminensis, Vol. 43. No. 1, 2007.

Review article

HOST AND BACTERIAL FACTORS IN PATHOGENESIS OF LISTERIOSIS

Marina Bubonja ; Department of microbiology and parasitology, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Darinka Vučković ; Department of microbiology and parasitology, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Roberta Rubeša-Mihaljević ; Department of microbiology and parasitology, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Maja Abram ; Department of microbiology and parasitology, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia

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Abstract

ABSTRACT
Listeriosis is a zoonosis usually transmitted through contaminated food or vertically from mother to foetus. In an immunocompetent, adult person the infection results in transitory asymptomatic gastrointestinal colonization or febrile, non-invasive gastroenteritis. The infection of the foetus, newborn or immunocompromised person can result in a serious invasive disease with high mortality rate. As a facultative intracellular pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes is widely used as model for studying cellular biology and mechanisms of cellular immunity.

Keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; listeriosis; mice; pathogenesis

Hrčak ID:

23331

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/23331

Publication date:

20.3.2007.

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