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Assessment of virulence-factor activity relationships (VFARs) for waterborne diseases.
Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research - 1 Jan 2004
Jenkins T M, Scott T M, Cole J R, Hashsham S A, Rose J B
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Virulence-factor activity relationship (VFAR) is a concept that was developed as a way to relate the architectural and biochemical components of a microorganism to its potential to cause human disease. Development of these relationships requires specialised bioinformatics databases that do not exist at present. A pilot-scale VFAR database was designed for three different waterborne organisms: Escherichia coli,...
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