A virulence study of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 isolated from sick humans and animals in Brazil using PCR and phenotypic tests

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 529, Issue , 2003, Pages 317-319

  Falcão, Juliana P ^a   Falcão, Deise P ^b   Corrêa, Ednéia F ^b   Brocchi, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; HUMANS; O ANTIGENS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0038806785     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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