Prevalence of the "high-pathogenicity island" of Yersinia species among Escherichia coli strains that are pathogenic to humans.

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Published in Infect Immun on February 01, 1998

Authors

S Schubert1, A Rakin, H Karch, E Carniel, J Heesemann

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1: Max von Pettenkofer Institut, Munich, Germany.

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