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The Virulence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates in Mice Depends on Shiga Toxin Type 2a (Stx2a)-Induction and High Levels of Stx2a in Stool by Hauser, Jocelyn R, Atitkar, Rama R, Petro, Courtney D, Lindsey, Rebecca L, Strockbine, Nancy, O'Brien, Alison D, Melton-Celsa, Angela R

“…In this study we compared nine Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing O157:H7 patient isolates for Stx levels, -phage insertion site(s), and pathogenicity in a…”
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Genetic and Virulence Profiles of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) Isolated From Deployed Military Personnel (DMP) With Travelers' Diarrhea by Petro, Courtney D., Duncan, Jeffrey K., Seldina, Yuliya I., Allué-Guardia, Anna, Eppinger, Mark, Riddle, Mark S., Tribble, David R., Johnson, Ryan C., Dalgard, Clifton L., Sukumar, Gauthaman, Connor, Patrick, Boisen, Nadia, Melton-Celsa, Angela R.

“…To discern if there was a particular genotype associated with clinical enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) strains isolated from deployed military…”
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Type IV pilus secretins have extracellular C termini by Lieberman, Joshua A, Petro, Courtney D, Thomas, Stefani, Yang, Austin, Donnenberg, Michael S

“…Type IV pili (T4Ps) are surface appendages used by Gram-negative and Gram-positive pathogens for motility and attachment to epithelial surfaces. In…”
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Shiga Toxin Type 1a (Stx1a) Reduces the Toxicity of the More Potent Stx2a In Vivo and In Vitro by Petro, Courtney D, Trojnar, Eszter, Sinclair, James, Liu, Zhi-Mei, Smith, Mark, O'Brien, Alison D, Melton-Celsa, Angela

“…Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing (STEC) causes foodborne outbreaks of bloody diarrhea. There are two major types of immunologically distinct Stxs: Stx1a and Stx2a…”
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Certhrax Is an Antivirulence Factor for the Anthrax-Like Organism Bacillus cereus Strain G9241 by Seldina, Yuliya I, Petro, Courtney D, Servetas, Stephanie L, Vergis, James M, Ventura, Christy L, Merrell, D Scott, O'Brien, Alison D

“…G9241 caused a life-threatening anthrax-like lung infection in a previously healthy human. This strain harbors two large virulence plasmids, pBCXO1 and pBC210,…”
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