Genomic diversity of EPEC associated with clinical presentations of differing severity

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Hazen, Tracy H ^a   Donnenberg, Michael S ^a   Panchalingam, Sandra ^b   Antonio, Martin ^c   Hossain, Anowar ^d   Mandomando, Inacio ^e   Ochieng, John Benjamin ^f   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^g   Tamboura, Boubou ^h   Qureshi, Shahida ⁱ   Quadri, Farheen ⁱ   Zaidi, Anita ⁱ   Kotloff, Karen L ^b   Levine, Myron M ^b   Barry, Eileen M ^a   Kaper, James B ^a   Rasko, David A ^a   Nataro, James P ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^e Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^h Center for Vaccine Development Mali   (Mali)

ⁱ AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84977959194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2015.14     Document Type: Article

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