International comparison of clinical, bovine, and environmental Escherichia coli O157 isolates on the basis of shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophage insertion site genotypes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7447-7450

  Whitworth, Joshua H ^a   Fegan, Narelle ^a   Keller, Jasmin ^a   Gobius, Kari S ^a   Bono, James L ^b   Call, Douglas R ^a   Hancock, Dale D ^c   Besser, Thomas E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ISOLATES; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; INSERTION SITES; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS; SHIGA TOXINS; TRANSMISSION CHAINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

SHIGA TOXIN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROPHAGES; SHIGA TOXINS;

BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 57149095640     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01190-08     Document Type: Article

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