Occurrence and characterization of verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) strains from dairy farms in Trinidad

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 78-85

  Roopnarine, R R ^a   Ammons, D ^a   Rampersad, J ^a   Adesiyun, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Verocytotoxigenic

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CERCOPITHECUS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VERO CELL; ZOONOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILK; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SHIGA TOXINS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VERO CELLS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33847756025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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