Vero Cytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Outbreaks in England and Wales, 1995: Phenotypic Methods and Genotypic Subtyping

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 561-565

  Willshaw, Geraldine A ^a   Smith, Henry R ^a   Cheasty, Thomas ^a   Wall, Patrick G ^b   Rowe, Bernard ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; VEROTOXIN 1;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENGLAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 0031255961     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0304.970422     Document Type: Article

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