Associations between the presence of virulence determinants and the epidemiology and ecology of zoonotic Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 8110-8116

  O'Reilly, K M ^a,d   Low, J C ^b   Denwood, M J ^a   Gally, D L ^c   Evans, J ^b   Gunn, G J ^b   Mellor, D J ^a   Reid, S W J ^a   Matthews, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; E. COLI; ENHANCED TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVOIRS; FITTING MODEL; GAIN INSIGHT; HOST ORGANISM; HUMAN INFECTION; INTIMIN; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SEROGROUPS; SHIGA TOXIN; TEST SENSITIVITY; TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS; TRANSMISSION RATES;

DISEASES; ECOLOGY; HEALTH; MARKOV PROCESSES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESIN; EAEA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650325821     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01343-10     Document Type: Article

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