October 26th, 2010 Boffins Explain the Spread of Salmonella Bacteria in Humans
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have explained how salmonella bacteria, a common cause of food poisoning, efficiently spread in people. In a study researchers describe finding a reservoir of rapidly replicating Salmonella inside epithelial cells. These bacteria are primed to infect other cells and are pushed from the epithelial layer by a new mechanism that frees the Salmonella to infect other cells or be shed into the intestine
