Haemophilus ducreyi adheres to but does not invade cultured human foreskin cells.

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Published in Infect Immun on May 01, 1993

Authors

M J Alfa1, P Degagne, T Hollyer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

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