Cytotoxin produced by Escherichia coli isolated from chickens with swollen head syndrome (SHS)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-119

  Parreira, V R ^a   Yano, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chickens bacteria; Escherichia coli; Swollen head syndrome (SHS); Verotoxin

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CYTOTOXIN; VEROTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA PROBE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICKENS; CYTOTOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HELA CELLS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; POULTRY DISEASES; RABBITS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031846165     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00197-7     Document Type: Article

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