Variation in Frequency of the Virulence-Factor Gene in Escherichia coli Clones Colonizing the Stools and Urinary Tracts of Healthy Prepubertal Girls

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1059-1064

  Schlager, Theresa A ^a,d   Whittam, Thomas S ^b   Hendley, J O ^a   Bhang, June L ^c   Wobbe, Cheryl L ^c   Stapleton, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; HEMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONE CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RURAL POPULATION; URETHRA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0142010628     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377643     Document Type: Article

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