Pathogenesis and evolution of virulence in enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.

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Published in J Clin Invest on March 01, 2001

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M S Donnenberg1, T S Whittam

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1: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. mdonnenb@umaryland.edu

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