DNA probes for Shiga-like toxins I and II and for toxin-converting bacteriophages.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on July 01, 1988

Authors

J W Newland1, R J Neill

Author Affiliations

1: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20307.

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