Short report: High prevalence of serine protease autotransporter cytotoxins among strains of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-301

  Boisen, Nadia ^b   Ruiz Perez, Fernando ^c   Scheutz, Flemming ^b   Krogfelt, Karen A ^b   Nataro, James P ^a,c  

^a Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; PROTEIN ESPP; PROTEIN PET; PROTEIN PIC; PROTEIN SAT; PROTEIN SEPA; PROTEIN SIGA; PROTEIN TSH; SERINE PROTEASE AUTOTRANSPORTER TOXIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATA GENE; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESPC GENE; ESPP GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PET GENE; PIC GENE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN SECRETION; SAT GENE; SEPA GENE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SIGA GENE; TSH GENE; VAT GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYTOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 59649109832     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.294     Document Type: Article

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