Distribution of putative adhesins in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains isolated from different sources in Chile

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 688-694

  Vidal, M ^a   Escobar, P ^b   Prado, V ^a   Hormazabal, J C ^c   Vidal, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34247520552     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806007102     Document Type: Article

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