Expression of putative virulence factors of Escherichia coli O157:H7 differs in bovine and human infections

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 4142-4148

  Rashid, Rebecca A ^a   Tabata, Tami A ^a   Oatley, Melissa J ^b   Besser, Thomas E ^b   Tarr, Phillip I ^c   Moseley, Steve L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAE GENE; EHXA GEME; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESPA GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GND GENE; HOST RANGE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; IHA GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RFBE GENE; STX2 GENE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33745604290     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00299-06     Document Type: Article

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