Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains negative for locus of enterocyte effacement

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-380

  Newton, Hayley J ^a,b   Sloan, Joan ^a,b   Bulach, Dieter M ^a   Seemann, Torsten ^a   Allison, Cody C ^a   Tauschek, Marija ^b   Robins Browne, Roy M ^b   Paton, James C ^c   Whittam, Thomas S ^d   Paton, Adrienne W ^c   Hartland, Elizabeth L ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHXA GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTESTINE CELL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REPA GENE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA HELICASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 63849216973     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1502.080631     Document Type: Article

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