PCR detection of virulence factor genes in Escherichia coli isolates from weaned piglets with edema disease and/or diarrhea in China

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 320-328

  Cheng, Darong ^a   Sun, Huaichang ^a   Xu, Jiansheng ^a   Gao, Song ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Detection; ED; Escherichia coli; PCR; PWD; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN 18AB; FIMBRIA PROTEIN 18AC; FIMBRIA PROTEIN 4; FIMBRIA PROTEIN 41; FIMBRIA PROTEIN 5; FIMBRIA PROTEIN 6; HEAT LABILE ENTEROTOXIN A; HEAT SENSITIVE ENTEROTOXIN A; HEAT SENSITIVE ENTEROTOXIN B; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT PROTEIN 2; INTIMIN; PROTEIN FYUA; PROTEIN INTB; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN 2E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PIG EDEMA DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORCINE POSTWEANING DIARRHEA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DIARRHEA; EDEMA DISEASE OF SWINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WEANING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33745204198     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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