Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli pathotype: A genetically heterogeneous emerging foodborne enteropathogen

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-298

  Estrada Garcia, Teresa ^a   Navarro Garcia, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; EAEC epidemiology; Escherichia coli; Inflammation; Pathogenesis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOTOXICITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHORT SURVEY; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; EUROPE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84869868019     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.01008.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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