Characteristics of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from meat and milk products of different origins and association with food producing animals as main contamination sources

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-104

  Martin, Annett ^a   Beutin, Lothar ^b  

^a Scientific Services Unit 33 Federal Institute for Risk   (Germany)

^b National Reference Laboratory for Unit 41   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domestic and wildlife animals; Escherichia coli; Food contamination; Logistic regression models; Serotypes; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOAT; HARE; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEAT; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; RED DEER; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GOATS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEAT; MILK; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SWINE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CENTROPOGON SURINAMENSIS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79953067350     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.01.041     Document Type: Article

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