Water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) identified as an important reservoir of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Brazil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 5945-5948

  Oliveira, Murilo G ^a   Feitosa Brito, José R ^b   Carvalho, Roberta R ^a   Guth, Beatriz E C ^c   Gomes, Tânia A T ^c   Vieira, Mônica A M ^c   Kato, Maria A M F ^d   Ramos, Isabel I ^d   Vaz, Tânia M I ^d   Irino, Kinue ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; DISEASES; MARINE BIOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

GENETIC PROFILES; SEROTYPES; SHIGA TOXIN; WATER BUFFALOES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE VECTOR; TOXIN; UNGULATE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BRAZIL; BUBALUS BUBALIS; BUFFALO; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; VIRULENCE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34648831262     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00929-07     Document Type: Article

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