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Journal of Pathogens
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 182051, 16 pages
doi:10.4061/2011/182051
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Pathogenesis of Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis in Human Yersiniosis

Cristi L. Galindo,1 Jason A. Rosenzweig,2 Michelle L. Kirtley,1 and Ashok K. Chopra1

1Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Human Infections & Immunity, and the Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-1070, USA
2Department of Biology, Center for Bionanotechnology and Environmental Research (CBER), Texas Southern University, 3100 Cleburne Street, Houston, TX 77004, USA

Received 1 March 2011; Revised 27 June 2011; Accepted 1 July 2011

Academic Editor: Ramesh C. Ray

Copyright © 2011 Cristi L. Galindo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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