Detection of Campylobacter and Escherichia coli O157:H7 from filth flies by polymerase chain reaction

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-246

  Szalanski, A L ^a   Owens, C B ^a   McKay, T ^a   Steelman, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adia cinerella; Campylobacter; DNA; Escherichia coli; House fly; Hydrotaea aenescens; Molecular diagnostics; Stable fly

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; FLY; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; DIPTERA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURKEYS;

ADIA CINERELLA; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; DIPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROTAEA; HYDROTAEA AENESCENS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 4644307813     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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