Genetic evidence of clonal descent of escherichia coli 0157: H7 associated with hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 1124-1130

  Whittam, Thomas S ^a,b   Wachsmuth, Kaye ^a,b   Wilson, Richard A ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; NONHUMAN;

ALLELES; ANIMAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0023938080     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/157.6.1124     Document Type: Article

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