Risk factors for the occurrence of Escherichia coli virulence genes eae, stx1 and stx2 in wild bird populations

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1574-1582

  Hughes, L A ^a   Bennett, M ^a   Coffey, P ^b   Elliott, J ^b   Jones, T R ^a   Jones, R C ^a   Lahuerta Marin, A ^a   McNiffe, K ^b   Norman, D ^b   Williams, N J ^a   Chantrey, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Merseyside Ringing Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multivariable model; Shiga toxin producing E. coli; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

INTIMIN; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; ADHESIN; EAEA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPRING; SUMMER; TAXONOMY; WINTER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENGLAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SHIGA TOXIN 1; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 70349579089     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809002507     Document Type: Article

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