Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and serogroups O26, O103, O111 and O145 in sheep presented for slaughter in Scotland

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 653-660

  Evans, Judith ^a   Knight, Hazel ^a   Mckendrick, Iain J ^b   Stevenson, Heather ^a   Barbudo, Antonio Varo ^a,c   Gunn, George J ^a   Low, J Christopher ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCRETION; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; SCOTLAND; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79955673574     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.028415-0     Document Type: Article

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