Genetic Variations in Shiga Toxin-Producing Abilities of Bovine and Human Escherichia coli O157:H7

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 185-191

  Taylor, E V ^a   Shi, X ^a   Alam, M J ^a   Peterson, G ^a   Narayanan, S K ^a   Renter, D G ^a   Nagaraja, T G ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Human; Q933 region; Shiga toxin; Shiga toxin gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, VIF; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; KANSAS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN 1; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953758883     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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