Vero cytotoxin-produciug Escherichia coli, particularly serogroup O157, associated with human infections in England and Wales: 1992-4

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Thomas, A ^a   Cheasty, T ^a   Frost, J A ^a   Chart, H ^a   Smith, H R ^a   Rowe, B ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; VEROTOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VEROTOXIN 1;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAMILY; FECES ANALYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; SEROTYPING; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENGLAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 0029664813     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800001060     Document Type: Article

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