Isolation and characterisation of Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli strains from northern Palestine

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 332-335

  Adwan, K ^a   Abu Hasan, N ^a   Essawi, T ^a   Bdir, M ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HEMOLYSIN; INTIMIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PALESTINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036196729     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-51-4-332     Document Type: Article

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