The continuing evolution of a bacterial pathogen

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4535-4536

  Kaper, James B ^a   Karmali, Mohamed A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SPINACH; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

SHIGA TOXIN;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SHIGA TOXIN; SPINACIA OLERACEA; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 42449085436     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801435105     Document Type: Note

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