Activatable Shiga toxin 2d (Stx2d) in STEC strains isolated from cattle and sheep at slaughter

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 199-204

  Tasara, Taurai ^a   Bielaszewska, Martina ^b   Nitzsche, Sabine ^a   Karch, Helge ^b   Zweifel, Claudio ^a   Stephan, Roger ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Livestock; Mucus activation assay; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli; stx2d activatable

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATABLE SHIGA TOXIN 2D; VEROTOXIN 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CATTLE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SHEEP; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERO CELLS;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 48849085846     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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