Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli from healthy cattle in a semi-urban community in Calcutta, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 110, Issue SEP., 1999, Pages 83-85

  Amit, Pal ^c   Ghosh, S ^d   Ramamurthy, T ^d   Yamasaki, S ^d   Tsukamoto, T ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^d   Balakrish Nair, G ^d   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^b  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Healthy cattle; PCR; Shiga toxin; STEC

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDIA; SHIGA TOXINS;

EID: 0344927569     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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