Multilocus sequence typing and virulence factors analysis of Escherichia coli O157 strains in China

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 849-855

  Ji, Xiao W ^a   Liao, Ya L ^a   Zhu, Ye F ^b   Wang, Hai G ^a   Gu, Ling ^b   Gu, Jiang ^a   Dong, Chen ^b   Ding, Hong L ^a   Mao, Xu H ^a   Zhu, Feng C ^b   Zou, Quan M ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Provincial Center for Diseases Prevention and Control   (China)

Author keywords

E. coli O157: H7; STs; stx; tccp

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78651293657     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-010-0132-8     Document Type: Article

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