Emerging enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli, causes and effects of the rise of a human pathogen

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 299-305

  Beutin, L ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33747844551     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00968.x     Document Type: Review

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