Prevalence of virulence genes in Escherichia coli strains isolated from piglets in the suckling and weaning period in Mexico

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 148-156

  Toledo, Andrea ^a   Gómez, Daniela ^a   Cruz, Celene ^b   Carreón, Rosalba ^b   López, Jorge ^b   Giono, Silvia ^c   Castro, Ana Maŕia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EAE ADHESIN GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; HEMOLYSIS; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCKLING; WEANING;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE; WEANING;

EID: 83755178090     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.031302-0     Document Type: Article

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