Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 carried by the housefly in Japan

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 214-216

  Moriya, K ^a   Fujibayashi, T ^a   Yoshihara, T ^a   Matsuda, A ^a   Sumi, N ^a   Umezaki, N ^a   Kurahashi, H ^b   Agui, N ^b   Wada, A ^b   Watanabe, H ^b  

^a Saga Pref Inst of Public Health   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Haemolytic uraemic syndrome; Housefly; Japan; Mechanical vector; Musca domestica vicina; O157:H7; VTEC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; VEROTOXIN 1;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HOUSE FLY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HOUSEFLIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I;

EID: 6544281563     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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