Pulsed field gel electrophoresis of related Escherichia coli O157 isolates associated with beef cattle and comparison with unrelated isolates from animals, meats and humans

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-169

  Avery, S M ^a   Liebana, E ^b   Hutchison, M L ^a   Buncic, S ^c  

^a Direct Laboratories Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Foodborne; Lairage; Meat; Molecular fingerprinting; O157:H7; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Shiga toxin; Surface; Verocytotoxigenic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF CATTLE; CARCASS; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMAN; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; SHIGA TOXINS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1942453765     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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