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Effects of UV-C Radiation on Viability, Outer Membrane Proteins and Lipopolysaccharides of Shigella

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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (EMCEI 2017)

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The annual incidence of shigellosis throughout the world is estimated at 164.7 million cases and 1.1 million of those infected die with 69% of all deaths involving children less than 5 years old.

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  1. Laboratory of Wastewater Treatment, Water Research and Technology Center, Technopole of Borj Cédria, BP 901, 2050, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia

    Kalthoum Chourabi & Abdelwaheb Chatti

  2. Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08290, Barcelona, Spain

    Susana Campoy & Jesus Rodriguez

  3. Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Bizerte, Tunisia

    Ahmed Landoulsi

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  2. Higher Instit. of Biotechnol. of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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Chourabi, K., Campoy, S., Rodriguez, J., Landoulsi, A., Chatti, A. (2018). Effects of UV-C Radiation on Viability, Outer Membrane Proteins and Lipopolysaccharides of Shigella. In: Kallel, A., Ksibi, M., Ben Dhia, H., Khélifi, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions. EMCEI 2017. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_128

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