Virulence properties and clonal structures of strains of Escherichia coli O119 serotypes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2034-2040

  Gonçalves, Azizedite G ^a   Campos, Leila C ^a,d   Gomes, Tânia A T ^b   Rodrigues, Josias ^a   Sperandio, Vanessa ^a   Whittam, Thomas S ^c   Trabulsi, Luiz R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ADHESION; CLONAL ANERGY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 1842289799     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.6.2034-2040.1997     Document Type: Article

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