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* Not significant cause of infection in domestic animals

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*Not significant cause of infection in domestic animals

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* Causes [[Intestines - disease due to pathogens#Dysentery in Humans and Primates|dysentery in humans and primates]].

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*Causes [[Intestines - disease due to pathogens#Dysentery in Humans and Primates|dysentery in humans and primates]]

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*Do not cause systemic disease

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*Enteroinvasive, invading the intestinal mucosa and causing necrosis

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*Closely related to ''E. coli''

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*Do not cause systemic disease - they do not invade beyond the lamina propria to the bloodstream

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*A large plasmid permits survival in cells and is responsible for invasivenss

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*Closely related to ''E. coli'' - some strains produce Shiga toxin which is related to vero cytotoxin of ''E. coli''

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