Laboratory-confirmed non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli - Connecticut, 2000-2005

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 29-31

  Phan, Q ^a   Mshar, P ^a   Rabatsky Ehr, T ^a   Welles, C ^a   Howard, R ^a   Hadler, J ^a   Hurd, S ^a   Clogher, P ^a   Marcus, R ^a   Demma, L ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CONNECTICUT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS;

EID: 33846569495     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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