Role of non-O157 VTEC

Journal of Applied Microbiology Symposium Supplement

Volumn 88, Issue 29, 2000, Pages

  Bettelheim, K A ^a,b  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034035444     PISSN: 02674440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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