Isolation, characterization, and epidemiological assessment of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O84 isolates from New Zealand

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1863-1866

  Cookson, Adrian L ^a   Croucher, Dawn ^b   Pope, Chris ^b   Bennett, Jenny ^b   Thomson Carter, Fiona ^b   Attwood, Graeme T ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O84; GENOTYPE; LIVESTOCK; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; NEW ZEALAND; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; SHIGA TOXIN;

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646573314     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1863-1866.2006     Document Type: Article

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