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Genome sequence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Nature - 25 Jan 2001
Perna N T, Plunkett G, Burland V, Mau B, Glasner J D, Rose D J, Mayhew G F, Evans P S, Gregor J, Kirkpatrick H A, Pósfai G, Hackett J, Klink S, Boutin A, Shao Y, Miller L, Grotbeck E J, Davis N W, Lim A, Dimalanta E T, Potamousis K D, Apodaca J, Anantharaman T S, Lin J, Yen G, Schwartz D C, Welch R A, Blattner F R
Abstract excerpt
The bacterium Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a worldwide threat to public health and has been implicated in many outbreaks of haemorrhagic colitis, some of which included fatalities caused by haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Close to 75,000 cases of O157:H7 infection are now estimated to occur annually in the United States. The severity of disease, the lack of effective treatment and the potential for large-scale...
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