Involvement of the enteroaggregative Escherichia coli plasmid-encoded toxin in causing human intestinal damage

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5338-5344

  Henderson, Ian R ^a   Hicks, Susan ^b   Navarro Garcia, Fernando ^a,c   Elias, Waldir P ^a,d   Philips, Alan D ^b   Nataro, James P ^a  

^a University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032881401     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5338-5344.1999     Document Type: Article

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