Heterogeneous virulence of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains isolated from children in Southwest Nigeria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 252-260

  Okeke, Iruka N ^a,b,c   Lamikanra, Adebayo ^a   Czeczulin, John ^c   Dubovsky, Filip ^b   Kaper, James B ^b,c   Nataro, James P ^b,c,d  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; RECTUM;

EID: 0033977520     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315204     Document Type: Article

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