Design and characterization of highly immunogenic heat-stable enterotoxin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli K99+
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In vivo emergence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli variants lacking genes for K99 fimbriae and heat-stable enterotoxin.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Immunological Methods
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0022-1759
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2011.01.012