Virulence and fitness gene patterns of Shiga toxin-encoding Escherichia coli isolated from pigs with edema disease or diarrhea in Germany

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 307-316

  Barth, Stefanie ^a   Tscholshiew, Abdybek ^a   Menge, Christian ^a   Weiß, Reinhard ^a   Baljer, Georg ^a   Bauerfeind, Rolf ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EHEC; Escherichia coli; HUS; Pig; Reservoir; Shiga toxin; STEC; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; SHIGA TOXIN; VEROTOXIN 2;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EDEMA DISEASE OF SWINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 34447550437     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-120-307     Document Type: Article

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