The molecular evolutionary history of Shigella spp. and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-152

  Peng, Junping ^a,b   Yang, Jian ^a,b   Jin, Qi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOGEN BIOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

EIEC; Evolution; Shigella; Shigellosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 57549112015     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.10.003     Document Type: Note

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