A Novel Escherichia coli O157:H7 Clone Causing a Major Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Outbreak in China

Yanwen Xiong; Ping Wang; Ruiting Lan; Changyun Ye; Hua Wang; Jun Ren; Huaiqi Jing; Yiting Wang; Zhemin Zhou; Xuemei Bai; Zhigang Cui; Xia Luo; Ailan Zhao; Yan Wang; Shaomin Zhang; Hui Sun; Lei Wang; Jianguo Xu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036144

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A Novel Escherichia coli O157:H7 Clone Causing a Major Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Outbreak in China

Yanwen Xiong ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanwen Xiong, Ping Wang, Ruiting Lan, Changyun Ye, Hua Wang, Jun Ren, Huaiqi Jing

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Ping Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanwen Xiong, Ping Wang, Ruiting Lan, Changyun Ye, Hua Wang, Jun Ren, Huaiqi Jing

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Ruiting Lan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanwen Xiong, Ping Wang, Ruiting Lan, Changyun Ye, Hua Wang, Jun Ren, Huaiqi Jing

Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Changyun Ye ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanwen Xiong, Ping Wang, Ruiting Lan, Changyun Ye, Hua Wang, Jun Ren, Huaiqi Jing

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Hua Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanwen Xiong, Ping Wang, Ruiting Lan, Changyun Ye, Hua Wang, Jun Ren, Huaiqi Jing

Affiliation Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Jun Ren ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanwen Xiong, Ping Wang, Ruiting Lan, Changyun Ye, Hua Wang, Jun Ren, Huaiqi Jing

Affiliation Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
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Huaiqi Jing ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanwen Xiong, Ping Wang, Ruiting Lan, Changyun Ye, Hua Wang, Jun Ren, Huaiqi Jing

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Yiting Wang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Zhemin Zhou,

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Xuemei Bai,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Zhigang Cui,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Xia Luo,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Ailan Zhao,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Yan Wang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Shaomin Zhang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Hui Sun,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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Lei Wang,

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Jianguo Xu

* E-mail: xujianguo@icdc.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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A Novel Escherichia coli O157:H7 Clone Causing a Major Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Outbreak in China

Yanwen Xiong,
Ping Wang,
Ruiting Lan,
Changyun Ye,
Hua Wang,
Jun Ren,
Huaiqi Jing,
Yiting Wang,
Zhemin Zhou,
Xuemei Bai

Published: April 27, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036144

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