Characterization of a novel EAST-negative enteropathogenic E. coli strain implicated in a food-borne outbreak of diarrhoea in adults

APMIS

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 494-502

  Wedley, Amy L ^a   Elajnef, Hasan M ^a   Fletcher, Jonathan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enteropathogenic E. coli; Fluorescent actin staining; Food borne illness; HEp 2 adherence assay; Travellers' diarrhoea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

ACTINS; ADULT; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCYTES; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 84878234807     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apm.12024     Document Type: Article

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