Prevalence of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli as detected by enzyme-linked immunoassays and real-time PCR during the summer months in Northern Alberta, Canada

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4307-4310

  Chui, Linda ^a   Lee, Mao Cheng ^a,b   Malejczyk, Kathy ^a   Lim, Lillian ^a   Fok, Daniel ^a   Kwong, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DynaLIFE Dx   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANADA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUMMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455220475     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05211-11     Document Type: Article

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