Occurrence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in fecal samples from children with diarrhea and from healthy zebu cattle in Uganda

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 95-101

  Kaddu Mulindwa, D H ^a   Aisu, T ^b   Gleier, K ^c   Zimmermann, S ^c   Beutin, L ^c  

^a Mikrobiologisches Labor   (Germany)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Div of Emerging Bacterial Pathogens   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Cattle; Diarrhea; Infants; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SHIGA TOXINS; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035927033     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(00)00493-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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