Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: Factors involved in virulence and cattle colonization

Virulence

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 366-372

  Etcheverría, Analía Inés ^a   Padola, Nora Lía ^a  

^a Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cattle; Colonization; Control; STEC; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CATTLE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84880082112     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.24642     Document Type: Review

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