Serotypes, virulence genes, and PFGE patterns of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from Cuban pigs with diarrhea

International Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-60

  Blanco, Miguel ^a   Lazo, Leonel ^b   Blanco, Jesús E ^a   Dahbi, Ghizlane ^a   Mora, Azucena ^a   López, Cecilia ^a   González, Enrique A ^a   Blanco, Jorge ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF LAS VILLAS   (Cuba)

^c Campus de Lugo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enteropathogenic E. Coli; Enterotoxins; Escherichia coli; ETEC; PFGE; Porcine diarrhea; STEC; VTEC

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33646435084     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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