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Enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> : more subversive elements
1 Dec 1998
Abstract excerpt
Enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) constitute a significant risk to human health worldwide. Both pathogens colonize the intestinal mucosa and, by subverting intestinal epithelial cell function, produce a characteristic histopathological feature known as the 'attaching and effacing' (A/E) lesion. Although EPEC was the first E. coli to be associated with human disease in the...
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