Identification and prevalence of in vivo-induced genes in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) are food-borne pathogens responsible for bloody diarrhoea and renal failure in humans. While Shiga toxin (Stx) is the cardinal virulence factor of EHEC, its production by E. coli is not sufficient to cause disease and many Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STE...

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Main Authors: Marion Gardette, Simon Le Hello, Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Laetitia Fabre, François Gravey, Annie Garrivier, Estelle Loukiadis, Grégory Jubelin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Virulence
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2019.1582976