Detection and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in feral pigeons

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-283

  Morabito, Stefano ^a   Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^b   Agrimi, Umberto ^a   Schmidt, Herbert ^c   Karch, Helge ^c   Cheasty, Thomas ^d   Caprioli, Alfredo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Pigeon; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

INTIMIN; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETIC CODE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SAMPLE; SEROTYPING; VERO CELL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COLUMBIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; ROME; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE;

AVES; COLUMBA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035965089     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(01)00393-5     Document Type: Article

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