Prevalence and virulence factors of Escherichia coli serogroups O26, O103, O111 and O145 shed by cattle in Scotland

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 653-659

  Pearce, M C ^a,b   Evans, J ^b   McKendrick, I J ^c   Smith, A W ^a,b   Knight, H I ^a,b   Mellor, D J ^d   Woolhouse, M E J ^a   Gunn, G J ^b   Low, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MICROBIOLOGY;

CATTLE SHEDDING; EHXA GENES; FECAL SHEDDING; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ENTEROHEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN; INTIMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CATTLE; DISEASE; FARM; FECES; GENE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; EAE GENE; EHXA GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O103; ESCHERICHIA COLI O111; ESCHERICHIA COLI O145; ESCHERICHIA COLI O26; FECES; NONHUMAN; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; VTX GENE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

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

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33644864368     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.653-659.2006     Document Type: Article

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