A 3-year epidemiological surveillance of escherichia coli O157:H7 in dogs and cats in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 791-794

  Kataoka, Yasushi ^a   Irie, Yukako ^a   Sawada, Takuo ^a   Nakazawa, Muneo ^b  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canines and felines; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PRIMER DNA; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA PRIMERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN 1; SHIGA TOXIN 2;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77954248697     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.09-0439     Document Type: Article

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