Occurrence, distribution, and associations of O and H serogroups, colonization factor antigens, and toxins of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 569-584

  Wolf, Marcia K ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030696287     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.10.4.569-584.1997     Document Type: Article

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