Characterization of virulence genes of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates from two provinces of Iran

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-19

  Aslani, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Bouzari, Saeid ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BLOOD GROUP H ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP O ANTIGEN; PROTEIN FLIC; PROTEIN STX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; IRAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS GENE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; IRAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 63149129328     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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