Epsilon-toxin is required for most Clostridium perfringens type D vegetative culture supernatants to cause lethality in the mouse intravenous injection model.

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Published in Infect Immun on November 01, 2005

Authors

Sameera Sayeed1, M E Fernandez-Miyakawa, Derek J Fisher, Vicki Adams, Rachael Poon, Julian I Rood, Francisco A Uzal, Bruce A McClane

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1: E1240 BSTWR, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.

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