Brittany A. DeVasure

Sequential invasion of epithelial and immune cells in Shigellosis

Shigella flexneri, the agent of shigellosis, invades the colonic mucosa, which leads to mucosal erosion, blood and immune cell infiltration, culminating in the hallmark of the disease, bloody diarrhea. Here, we conducted a microscopy-based analysis of time-resolved infection experiments in the infant rabbit model of sh...