Characterisation of putative virulence factors in adherent-invasive Escherichia coli

Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. CD is driven by a synergy of predisposing genetic variants, diet, gut colonisation with a perturbed pro-inflammatory microbiome, and infection with CD-associated pathobionts, including Adherent-Invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC). AIEC is a...

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Main Author: Cogger-Ward, Robert
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59803/