Rabbit EPEC: A model for the study of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Veterinary Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 203-219

  Milon, Alain ^a   Oswald, Eric ^a   De Rycke, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

E. coli; Pathogenesis; Pathogenic island; Pathovar; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RABBITS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033091344     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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