Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infection and private farm visits

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 365-366

  Willshaw, G A ^a   Evans, J ^a   Cheasty, T ^a   Cummins, A ^b   Pritchard, G C ^c  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b South Essex Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037461023     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.12.365     Document Type: Article

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