A long-term study on the prevalence of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) on four German cattle farms

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 173-185

  Geue, L ^a   Segura Alvarez, M ^a   Conraths, F J ^a   Kuczius, T ^c   Bockemuhl J ^c   Karch, H ^d   Gallien, P ^b  

^a Institut fur Epidemiologische Diagnostik   (Germany)

^b Bundesinstitut für Gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin ^*  (Germany)

^c Dr Brill Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; SHIGA TOXIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE FARMING; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036678188     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802007288     Document Type: Article

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