Prevalence of virulence factors in Escherichia coli isolated from healthy animals and water sources in Brazil

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-142

  Carlos, Camila ^a   Alexandrino, Fabiana ^a   Vieira, Monica A M ^b   Stoppe, Nancy C ^a   Sato, Maria Inês Z ^c   Gomes, Tânia A T ^b   Ottoboni, Laura M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria do Estado do Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BOX PCR; Escherichia coli; Fecal contamination; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

SYNTAXIN 1; SYNTAXIN 2; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FECAL COLIFORM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIVESTOCK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRULENCE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BOVIDS; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; COW; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GOAT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIVER; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SHEEP; SWINE; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BRAZIL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SHIGA TOXINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79954529547     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.068     Document Type: Article

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