Clonal relationship among atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from different animal species and humans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7399-7408

  Moura, Rodrigo A ^a   Sircili, Marcelo P ^b   Leomil, Luciana ^a   Matté, Maria Helena ^a   Trabulsi, Luiz R ^b   Elias, Waldir P ^b   Irino, Kinue ^c   De Castro, Antonio F Pestana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SPECIES; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARM ANIMALS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPES; TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS; WILD ANIMALS;

ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTROKINESIS; GENETIC MARKER; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAT; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIARRHEA; DOG; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARM ANIMAL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION RISK; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONKEY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PET ANIMAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; RESERVOIR; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 72949094660     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00636-09     Document Type: Article

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