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Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak--have we learnt a lesson from it?
13 Dec 2012
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Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains belong to the group of pathogens that cause bloody diarrhea and hemorrhagic colitis with often severe complications. The main problem with human pathogenic E. coli strains, including STEC, is a wide spectrum of phenotypes and clinical manifestations. It is related to a variety of exchangeable genetic elements, like plasmids, bacteriophages, transposons and...
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