Tracing Shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli O103, O145, and O174 infections from farm residents to cattle

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3817-3820

  Heinikainen, Sirpa ^a   Pohjanvirta, Tarja ^a   Eklund, Marjut ^b   Siitonen, Anja ^b   Pelkonen, Sinikka ^a  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI O103; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI O145; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI O174; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36348960801     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00198-07     Document Type: Article

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