Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O104:H4: Are we prepared now?

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 31, 2011, Pages

  Friedrich, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN 2;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80051755291     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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