The enigma of yersinia enterocolitica biovar 1A

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-39

  Bhagat, Neeru ^a   Virdi, Jugsharan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Biovar 1A; clonal groups; heterogeneity; pathogenicity; virulence associated genes

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; ENTEROTOXIN; FLAGELLIN; H ANTIGEN; INSECT VENOM; IRON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; PROTEINASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOTYPE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL INVASION; EPIDEMIC; FIMBRIA; FLAGELLUM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; ILEITIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

HUMANS; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 78651411153     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2010.506429     Document Type: Review

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