Prevalence of bovine verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in Argentina

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 399-403

  Sanz, M E ^a   Vinas M R ^a   Parma, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cattle; Escherichia coli; Intimin; Shiga like toxins; Verotoxins

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031863645     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007427925583     Document Type: Article

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