Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis subtypes of shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli O157 isolated from ground beef and humans, United States, 2001-2006

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1075-1082

  Lanier, William A ^a,b,c,f   Leeper, Molly M ^c   Smith, Kirk E ^d   Tillman, Glenn E ^e   Holt, Kristin G ^f   Gerner Smidt, Peter ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GROUND BEEF; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED STATES;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEAT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70449562645     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0269     Document Type: Article

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