Genotypic characterization to identify markers associated with putative hypervirulence in Swedish Escherichia coli O157:H7 cattle strains

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 323-332

  Eriksson, E ^a   Soderlund R ^a   Boqvist, S ^b   Aspan, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli; Multi locus variable number tandem repeat analysis; PCR; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; FARMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

E. COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC E COLI; MULTI-LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSE; PCR; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPEAT ANALYSIS; SWEDISHS; TANDEM REPEATS; VARIABLE NUMBER; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOMARKER; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ELECTROKINESIS; GENOTYPE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650082637     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04887.x     Document Type: Article

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