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Pathogenicity, Host Responses and Implications for Management of Enterohemorrhagic<i>Escherichia coli</i>O157:H7 Infection
1 Jan 2013
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 is a food- and waterborne pathogen that causes significant morbidity and mortality in both developing and industrialized nations. The present review focuses on the history, epidemiology and evolution of the pathogen; provides a mechanistic overview of major virulence factors (including Shiga toxins, locus of enterocyte effacement pathogenicity island and pO157...
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