Genetic diversity of O157:H7 and non-O157 verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli from Argentina inferred from multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA)

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 300, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 212-217

  Bustamante, Ana V ^a,b   Mariel Sanso, A ^a,b   Lucchesi, Paula M A ^a,b   Parma, Alberto E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; MLVA; non O157:H7; O157:H7

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 77950458654     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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