How does Salmonella evade natural defences?

Salmonella is able not only to evade the innate immune response, but also to utilize phagocytes to ..... natural antibodies. Despite the NOD background, these mice do not develop diabetes until twelve to fourteen weeks of life, much longer than the experimental ...... biogenesis and autophagy as a host defence mechanism. read more

Salmonella typhi may evade the natural defences in the body by invading cells and living inside them, hiding out of reach of the immune system. This is achieved by Salmonella producing a protein which helps it to penetrate cells. read more

Pathogens like salmonella flourish and cause disease in humans through a process by which they acquire metal ions, such as zinc, from the body. One of the body's key immune responses is to flood the infected area with antimicrobial proteins that include calprotectin, which removes zinc. read more

Researchers at the University of California – Irvine have discovered how Salmonella survives the human body’s attempts to destroy it. About 40,000 cases of salmonellosis, the infection caused by Salmonella, are reported in the U.S. each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). read more