Probable zoonotic transmission of verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli O 157 by dogs

Veterinary Record

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 304-305

  Hogg, R A ^a   Holmes, J P ^a   Ghebrehewet, S ^b   Elders, K ^b   Hart, J ^c   Whiteside, C ^c   Willshaw, G A ^d   Cheasty, T ^d   Kay, A ^a   Lynch, K ^a   Pritchard, G C ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b Chester Microbiology Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157;

SHIGA TOXIN; VEROTOXIN 2;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SHIGA TOXINS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 63149103176     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.164.10.304     Document Type: Article

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