Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Human Infection: In Vivo Evolution of a Bacterial Pathogen
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- 15 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 41 (6) , 785-792
- https://doi.org/10.1086/432722
Abstract
Background. Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) cause most cases of the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) worldwide. To investigate genetic changKeywords
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