Comparative Genomics to Delineate Pathogenic Potential in Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) from Patients with and without Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) in Norway

• Kjersti Haugum ,

  * E-mail: kjersti.haugum@stolav.no

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Jostein Johansen,

  Affiliation Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Christina Gabrielsen,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Lin T. Brandal,

  Affiliation Department of Foodborne Infections, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

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• Kåre Bergh,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Medical Microbiology, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• David W. Ussery,

  Affiliation Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Labs, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Finn Drabløs,

  Affiliation Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Jan Egil Afset

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Medical Microbiology, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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