Pathogenic enteric Escherichia coli in children with and without diarrhea in Maputo, Mozambique

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-72

  Rappelli, Paola ^a   Folgosa, Elena ^b   Solinas, Maria Letizia ^a   DaCosta, Joao Leopoldo ^b   Pisanu, Claudia ^a   Sidat, Moshin ^b   Melo, Josefa ^b   Cappuccinelli, Piero ^a,c   Colombo, Mauro Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Univ E Mondlane Av S A   (Mozambique)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell adherence; Diarrheagenic E. coli; Mozambique; PCR identification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHILD; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOZAMBIQUE; VERO CELLS;

EID: 11144331399     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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