Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) at a cattle farm in Japan

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 108-112

  Iwasa, Mitsuhiro ^a   Makino, Sou Ichi ^a   Asakura, Hiroshi ^a   Kobori, Hideaki ^a   Morimoto, Yo ^b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7; Musca domestica; Polymerase chain reaction; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; DIPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOUSE FLY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HOUSEFLIES; JAPAN; MALE;

EID: 0032617655     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.1.108     Document Type: Article

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