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Campylobacter is a major human pathogen that infects an estimated 2.5 million people each year resulting in anestimated $1.9 billion economic loss in the U.S. Campylobacter jejuni is a common human enteric pathogen thatcauses acute enterocolitis and increases the risk of developing long-term intestinal dysfunction such as post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome. The innate immune mechanisms responsible for intestinal pathology in C.jejuni-induced colitis are still poorly understood.

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Tumanov, Alexei V