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A mixed infection with either rotavirus or poliovirus and Listeria monocytogenes was analysed in Caco-2 cells, a tumour-derived cell line, highly susceptible to these pathogens. The multiplication of these pathogens, whose usual site of entry and/or replication is the intestine, was also followed by electron microscopy. Results obtained showed an increase of L. monocytogenes internalisation in cells infected with rotavirus, whereas the preinfection with poliovirus had only a slight interfering effect on bacterial entry. Analysis of L. monocytogenes multiplication in virus-infected cells revealed that rotavirus also promoted bacterial replication, which poliovirus hampered replication. Concerning the effect of Caco-2 cell invasion by L. monocytogenes on viral replication, we observed an increase in rotavirus antigen synthesis but no significant effect on poliovirus yield under our experimental conditions.
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Received: 2 May 1996
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Superti, F., Petrone, G., Pisani, S. et al. Superinfection by Listeria monocytogenes of cultured human enterocyte-like cells infected with poliovirus or rotavirus. Med Microbiol Immunol 185, 131–137 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004300050022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004300050022