Escherichia coli O157:H7 in feral swine near spinach fields and cattle, central California coast

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1908-1911

  Jay, Michele T ^a,b   Cooley, Michael ^c   Carychao, Diana ^c   Wiscomb, Gerald W ^d   Sweitzer, Richard A ^e   Crawford Miksza, Leta ^a   Farrar, Jeff A ^f   Lau, David K ^g   O'Connell, Janice ^a   Millington, Anne ^f   Asmundson, Roderick V ^g   Atwill, Edward R ^b   Mandrell, Robert E ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; SPINACH; SWINE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 37049000420     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1312.070763     Document Type: Article

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