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Evidence of commonality between canine and human extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli strains that express papG allele III.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 2000
Johnson J R, O'Bryan T T, Low D A, Ling G, Delavari P, Fasching C, Russo T A, Carlino U, Stell A L
Abstract excerpt
Although dogs have been proposed as carriers of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) with infectious potential for humans, presumed host species-specific differences between canine and human ExPEC strains have cast doubt on this hypothesis. The recent discovery that allele III of p...
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