Infections with enteropathogenic Yersinia species: Paradigms of bacterial pathogenesis

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 191-205

  Hartland, Elizabeth L ^a   Robins Browne, Roy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Virulence; Yersinia enterocolitica; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GENE CONTROL; GENE MAPPING; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; TISSUE INJURY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIOSIS;

EID: 0031724684     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-199810000-00002     Document Type: Article

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