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Bacteriophages and pathogenicity: more than just providing a toxin?

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MICROBES AND INFECTION
Volume 8, Issue 5, Pages 1365-1371

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DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.12.013

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Neisseria meningitidis; bacteriophage; genetics; evolution; pathogenesis

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An increasing number of pathogenicity factors carried by bacteriophages have been discovered. This review considers bacteriophage-bacterium interaction and its relation to disease processes. We discuss the search for new bacteriophage-associated pathogenicity factors, with emphasis on recent advances brought by the use of genomic sequence data and the techniques of genomic epidemiology. (c) 2006 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.

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