Molecular characterization of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli from Libya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 866-871

  Ali, Mostafa Mohamed M ^a   Mohamed, Zienat Kamel ^a   Klena, John D ^c   Ahmed, Salwa Fouad ^d   Moussa, Tarek A A ^b   Ghenghesh, Khalifa Sifaw ^e  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c US CDC IEIP   (United States)

^d US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER SAMPLING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIBYA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84861837374     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0330     Document Type: Article

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