Virulence gene profiling of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin 1-harboring E. coli (EAST1EC) derived from sporadic diarrheal patients

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 314-320

  Konno, Takayuki ^a   Yatsuyanagi, Jun ^a   Saito, Shioko ^a  

^a Akita Research Center for Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

astA; Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli; Pathogenic factor

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; SIDEROPHORE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AAH GENE; AID GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CDTB GENE; DAA GENE; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEAT STABLE ENTEROTOXIN 1 HARBORING ESCHERICHIA COLI; HLYA GENE; HUMAN; IHA GENE; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; IRP2 GENE; LDAG GENE; LPFA GENE; NONHUMAN; PET GENE; PIC GENE; PILS GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84858158109     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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