Expression of heat-stable enterotoxin STb by adherent Escherichia coli is not sufficient to cause severe diarrhea in neonatal pigs

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1270-1272

  Casey, Thomas A ^a   Herring, Cheryl J ^a   Schneider, Robert A ^a   Bosworth, Brad T ^a   Whipp, Shannon C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE; THERMOSTABILITY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031913245     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.1270-1272.1998     Document Type: Article

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