Prevalence of the 'high-pathogenicity island' of Yersinia species among Escherichia coli strains that are pathogenic to humans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 480-485

  Schubert, S ^a   Rakin, A ^a   Karch, H ^b   Carniel, E ^c   Heesemann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YERSINIA;

EID: 0031883473     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.2.480-485.1998     Document Type: Article

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