Natural Colonization of Laboratory Mice with Staphylococcus aureus Primes a Systemic Immune Response
D. Schulz, D. Grumann, P. Truebe, K. Pritchett-Corning, S. Johnson, K. Reppschlaeger, J. Gumz, N. Sundaramoorthy, S. Michalik, S. Berg, J. van den Brandt, R. Fister, S. Monecke, B. Uy, F. Schmidt, , S. Holtfreter
This study shows laboratory mice are natural hosts of S. aureus, which can induce systemic immune responses and may affect infection and vaccination studies.
bioRxiv · Mar 6, 2017Immunology