Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli - An Overview

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 95-97

  Guth, Beatriz Ernestina Cabilio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Enterotoxins; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033654877     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762000000700017     Document Type: Review

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