Temporal Shedding Patterns and Virulence Factors of Escherichia coli Serogroups O26, O103, O111, O145, and O157 in a Cohort of Beef Calves and Their Dams

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1708-1716

  Pearce, M C ^a,b   Jenkins, C ^c,d   Vali, L ^e   Smith, A W ^a,b   Knight, H I ^a,b   Cheasty, T ^c   Smith, H R ^c   Gunn, G J ^b   Woolhouse, M E J ^a   Amyes, S G B ^e   Frankel, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; IMMUNOLOGY; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; PULSED FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS (PFGE);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EAE GENE; EHL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0103; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0111; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0145; ESCHERICHIA COLI 026; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; HOUSING; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; VTX GENE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; SEROTYPING; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 12144285978     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1708-1716.2004     Document Type: Article

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