Designation of O174 and O175 to temporary O groups OX3 and OX7, and six new E. coli O groups that include Verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC): O176, O177, O178, O179, O180 and O181

APMIS

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 569-84

  Scheutz, Flemming ^a   Cheasty, Thomas ^b   Woodward, David ^c   Smith, Henry R ^c  

^a WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

E. coli; Epidemiology; New E. coli O groups; Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC); Shigatoxin; Verocytotoxin; Verocytotoxin producing E. coli (VTEC)

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ENTEROTOXIN; O ANTIGEN; SHIGA TOXIN; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASTA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; DAAC GENE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O GROUP; HUMAN; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; SWINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 11144252647     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm1120903.x     Document Type: Article

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