The intestinal mucosa is a particularly dynamic environment in which the host constantly
interacts with trillions of commensal microorganisms, known as the microbiota, and …

Disease outbreaks caused by the ingestion of contaminated vegetables and fruits pose a
significant problem to human health. The sources of contamination of these food products at …

Enteric pathogens such as Salmonella enterica cause significant morbidity and mortality. S.
enterica serovars are a diverse group of pathogens that have evolved to survive in a wide …

The B cell response to Salmonella typhimurium (STm) occurs massively at extrafollicular
sites, without notable germinal centers (GCs). Little is known in terms of its specificity. To …

Though primarily enteric pathogens, Salmonellae are responsible for a considerable yet
under-appreciated global burden of invasive disease. In South and South-East Asia, this …

It has been hypothesized that the Neolithic transition towards an agricultural and pastoralist
economy facilitated the emergence of human-adapted pathogens. Here, we recovered eight …

Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi are the causative agents of human
typhoid fever. Current typhoid vaccines are ineffective and are not widely used in endemic …

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are common and represent a substantial economic and public
health burden. Roughly 80% of these infections are caused by a heterogeneous group of …

Abstract Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-antigen (O-Ag) is known to limit antibody binding to
surface antigens, although the relationship between antibody, O-Ag and other outer …

Salmonella Typhimurium is a causative agent of nontyphoidal salmonellosis, for which there
is a lack of a clinically approved vaccine in humans. As an intracellular pathogen …