The common ovine Shiga toxin 2-containing Escherichia coli serotypes and human isolates of the same serotypes possess a Stx2d toxin type

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1932-1937

  Ramachandran, V ^a   Hornitzky, M A ^a   Bettelheim, K A ^a   Walker, M J ^a   Djordjevic, S P ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 2; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II;

EID: 0035009917     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1932-1937.2001     Document Type: Article

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