Continuous surveillance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis shows that most infections are sporadic

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-87

  Nielsen, Eva Møller ^a   Scheutz, Flemming ^a   Torpdahl, Mia ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EAE GENE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O103; ESCHERICHIA COLI O111; ESCHERICHIA COLI O117; ESCHERICHIA COLI O128; ESCHERICHIA COLI O145; ESCHERICHIA COLI O146; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI O26; EVALUATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE GENE;

DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645726250     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2006.3.81     Document Type: Article

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