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Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli

"Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Strains of ESCHERICHIA COLI with the ability to produce at least one or more of at least two antigenically distinct, usually bacteriophage-mediated cytotoxins: SHIGA TOXIN 1 and SHIGA TOXIN 2. These bacteria can cause severe disease in humans including bloody DIARRHEA and HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 17 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2021
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Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.