Long-term excretion of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and experimental infection of a sheep with O157

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 927-931

  Kim, Suk ^a   Asakura, Hiroshi ^a   Kuri, Asumi ^a   Watarai, Masahisa ^a   Shirahata, Toshikazu ^a   Takeshi, Kouichi ^b   Tsukamoto, Teizo ^c   Makino, Sou Ichi ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Feces; O157; Ovine; STEC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; TIME; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SHIGA TOXINS; TIME FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 1542398622     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.64.927     Document Type: Article

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