Zoonotic enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli: A one health perspective

ILAR Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-232

  García, Alexis ^a   Fox, James G ^a   Besser, Thomas E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal reservoir; Cattle; Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC); Epidemiology; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Flies; One health; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79953134168     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.51.3.221     Document Type: Article

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