Characterisation of attaching-effacing Escherichia coli isolated from animals at slaughter in England and Wales

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 43-53

  Aktan, I ^a,b   Sprigings, K A ^b   La Ragione, R M ^b   Faulkner, L M ^b   Paiba, G A ^b   Woodward, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal reservoirs; Attaching and effacing E. coli (AEEC); Intimin types; Prevalence; Virulence determinants

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; INTIMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOASSAY; CATTLE; CELL STRAIN; CNF1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAE GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETPD GENE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FECES; GENE PROBE; HLYA GENE; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; KATP GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; SWINE; TISSUE CULTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 3843149403     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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