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Scanning electron micrograph of cultured human small intestinal mucosa infected with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC). EPEC induce localized destruction of brush border microvilli and attach intimately to the underlying apical cell membrane to produce the characteristic `attaching and effacing' lesion. Photograph courtesy - S. Knutton, Institute of Child Health, University of Birmingham, UK.

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