Animal and human pathogenic Escherichia coli strains share common genetic backgrounds

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 654-662

  Clermont, Olivier ^a   Olier, Maiwenn ^b   Hoede, Claire ^a   Diancourt, Laure ^c   Brisse, Sylvain ^c   Keroudean, Monique ^b   Glodt, Jérémy ^a   Picard, Bertrand ^d   Oswald, Eric ^b,e   Denamur, Erick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b IHAP   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^e TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Host specificity; Pathogeni; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST RANGE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; SHEEP; SWINE; TURKEYS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953106430     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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