Detection of the enteroaggregative Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin 1 gene sequences in enterotoxigenic E. coli strains pathogenic for humans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1441-1445

  Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Echeverria, Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL ADHESION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029876855     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.4.1441-1445.1996     Document Type: Article

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