Shiga toxin gene-containing Escherichia coli from cattle and diarrheic children in the pastoral systems of southwestern Uganda

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 352-354

  Majalija, Samuel ^a   Segal, Heidi ^a,b   Ejobi, Francis ^c   Elisha, B Gay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; HEIFER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UGANDA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; UGANDA;

BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 38149078650     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01995-07     Document Type: Article

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