Genes related to long polar fimbriae of pathogenic Escherichia coli strains as reliable markers to identify virulent isolates

Alfredo G. Torres, Miguel Blanco, Patricio Valenzuela, Terry M. Slater, Shilpa D. Patel, Ghizlane Dahbi, Cecilia López, Ximena Fernández Barriga, Jesús E. Blanco, Tânia A.T. Gomes, Roberto Vidal, Jorge Blanco