Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli: Emerging issues on virulence and modes of transmission

Veterinary Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-311

  Caprioli, Alfredo ^a   Morabito, Stefano ^a   Brugère, Hubert ^b   Oswald, Eric ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

E. coli O157; Enterohemorrhagic E. coli; Foodborne zoonoses; Shiga toxins

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI VACCINE; SHIGA TOXIN;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD INDUSTRY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 19144368669     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2005002     Document Type: Review

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