Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Swedish cattle; isolates from prevalence studies versus strains linked to human infections - A retrospective study

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Aspán, Anna ^a   Eriksson, Erik ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SWEDEN; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIOPHAGES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SWEDEN;

EID: 77951926393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-7     Document Type: Article

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