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. 2017 Jan 11;21(1):5-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.12.011.

Host-to-Host Transmission of the Pneumococcus-New Victims of a Toxic Relationship

Claudia Trappetti  1 , James C Paton  2
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Host-to-Host Transmission of the Pneumococcus-New Victims of a Toxic Relationship

Claudia Trappetti et al. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Host-to-host transmission is critical for survival of the human-adapted bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Zafar et al. (2017) show that transmission is dependent on nasopharyngeal inflammation elicited by the toxin pneumolysin, causing increased shedding and enhanced survival of the bacterium in the environment.

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