Predominance of the papGII allele with high sequence homology to that of human isolates among avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 245-257

  Vandemaele, Fréderic J ^a   Mugasa, Joseph Pascal ^a   Vandekerchove, D ^b   Goddeeris, Bruno Maria ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

APEC; Avian; E. coli; P pili; papG

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOWL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344256452     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2003.09.017     Document Type: Article

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