Virulence properties of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains of serogroup O118, a major group of STEC pathogens in calves

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1604-1607

  Wieler, L H ^a,b   Schwanitz, Anja ^a   Vieler, Elke ^a   Busse, Barbara ^a   Steinruck H ^c   Kaper, J B ^b   Baljer, G ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FETUS LUNG; GERMANY; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031965885     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1604-1607.1998     Document Type: Article

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