Virulence gene profiles and intimin subtypes of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from healthy and diarrhoeic calves

Veterinary Record

Volumn 167, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 858-861

  Askari Badouei, M ^a   Zahraei Salehi, T ^a   Rabbani Khorasgani, M ^b   Tadjbakhsh, H ^c   Nikbakht Brujeni, G ^a   Nadalian, M G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^c Iranian Academy of Science   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79952262452     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c4009     Document Type: Article

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