Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: Outbreak surveillance and molecular testing

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1518-1520

  Mintz, Eric D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33646752138     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503847     Document Type: Note

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