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Entamoeba & Shigella: they like to move it move it

"Our results show that peristalsis accelerates the destruction and invasion of intestinal tissue by Entamoeba histolytica and colonization by Shigella flexneri. Local tension facilitates parasite penetration and activates virulence genes in the bacteria."

science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv

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