Clonal structure and virulence factors in strains of Escherichia coli of the classic serogroup O55

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2680-2686

  Rodrigues, Josias ^a   Scaletsky, Isabel C A ^a,b   Campos, Leila C ^b,c   Gomes, Tânia A T ^b   Whittam, Thomas S ^d   Trabulsi, Luiz R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029901519     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2680-2686.1996     Document Type: Article

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