An overview of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-149

  Hernandes, Rodrigo T ^a   Elias, Waldir P ^b   Vieira, Mônica A M ^a   Gomes, Tânia A T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; Diagnosis; Diarrhea; Epidemiology; Pathogenicity; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTIMIN; TIR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAT; CATTLE; DEER; DOG; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GOAT; HORSE; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE CELL; MARMOSET; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; SHORT SURVEY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; VIRULENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68249147518     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01664.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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