Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from dairy cows in Argentina

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-382

  Fernandez D ^a   Irino, K ^b   Sanz, M E ^a   Padola, N L ^a   Parma, A E ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

dairy cows; E. coli O157:H7; Shiga toxin; STEC; virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

DAIRY COW; E.COLI O157:H7; SHIGA TOXIN; STEC; VIRULENCE GENE;

DAIRIES;

SHIGA TOXIN;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DAIRY FARMING; GENE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DAIRY CATTLE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARGENTINA;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77956636515     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02904.x     Document Type: Article

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