New discoveries in molecular biology of enterohaemorrhagic Escheriehia coli(EHEC) O157;Neue Erkenntnisse zur Molekularbiologie der enterohämorrhagischen Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157

Gesundheitswesen

Volumn 61, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Karch, H ^a   Kohler B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli; Molecular epidemiology; Plasmids; Shiga Toxins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATTLE; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033203514     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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