Do camels (Camelus dromedarius) play an epidemiological role in the spread of Shiga Toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection?

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 469-473

  El Sayed, A ^a,b   Ahmed, S ^a   Awad, W ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b Landesbetrieb Hessisches Landeslabor   (Germany)

Author keywords

Camelus dromedarius; Djibouti; Egypt; Kenya; Somalia; STEC; Sudan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FECES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERO CELL;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; MALE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERO CELLS;

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 46249092272     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9122-1     Document Type: Article

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