Prevalence of Shiga toxin-, intimin- and haemolysin genes in Escherichia coli isolates from drinking water supplies in a rural area of Austria

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 454-457

  Halabi, Milad ^a   Orth, Dorothea ^b   Grif, Katharina ^b   Wiesholzer Pittl, Margit ^a   Kainz, Martina ^a   Schöberl, Johann ^a   Dierich, Manfred P ^b   Allerberger, Franz ^b   Würzner, Reinhard ^b  

^a Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Wien Betriebsgesellschaft   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drilled wells; EHEC; Potable water; Shiga toxin; Water supplies

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 45549095151     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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