Multiple-locus variable-nucleotide tandem repeat subtype analysis implicates European starlings as biological vectors for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Ohio, USA

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 982-988

  Williams, M L ^a   Pearl, D L ^b   LeJeune, J T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological vectors; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Foodborne disease; MLVA; Starlings

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARMS; FOOD SUPPLY;

BIOLOGICAL VECTOR; DAIRY FARMS; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; EUROPEAN STARLING; FOODBORNE DISEASE; MULTIPLE-LOCUS VARIABLE-NUCLEOTIDE TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSE; REPEAT ANALYSIS; STARLING; TANDEM REPEATS;

NUCLEOTIDES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RFBE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FOOD SUPPLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; RELATEDNESS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; COW; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINE; MULTIPLE LOCUS VARIABLE NUCLEOTIDE OF TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STARLING;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 80052796037     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05102.x     Document Type: Article

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