Molecular epidemiological typing of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains from Australian patients

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 320-324

  Staples, Megan ^a   Doyle, Christine J ^a   Graham, Rikki M A ^a   Jennison, Amy V ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Characterisation; EPEC; Escherichia coli; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84873704938     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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