Strep spreads by harnessing immune defenses of those infected

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 22:01 in Health & Medicine

The bacteria that cause most cases of pneumonia worldwide secrete a toxin that helps them jump from one body to the next -- with help from the hosts' immune defenses.

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