Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in healthy young beef steers from Argentina: Prevalence and virulence properties

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-198

  Meichtri, Lelis ^a   Miliwebsky, Elizabeth ^b   Gioffré, Andrea ^a   Chinen, Isabel ^b   Baschkier, Ariela ^b   Chillemi, Germán ^b   Guth, Beatriz E C ^c   Masana, Marcelo O ^a   Cataldi, Angel ^a   Rodríguez, H Ricardo ^a   Rivas, Marta ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beef steers; Prevalence; STEC; Virulence

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATTLE; DIARRHEA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; MALE; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ARGENTINA (FISH); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 4444313361     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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