Pathogenic potential to humans of bovine Escherichia coli O26, Scotland

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 439-448

  Chase Topping, Margo E ^a   Rosser, Tracy ^a,b   Allison, Lesley J ^c   Courcier, Emily ^a   Evans, Judith ^d   McKendrick, Iain J ^e   Pearce, Michael C ^a,d   Handel, Ian ^b   Caprioli, Alfredo ^f   Karch, Helge ^g   Hanson, Mary F ^c   Pollock, Kevin G J ^h   Locking, Mary E ^h   Woolhouse, Mark E J ^a   Matthews, Louise ⁱ   Low, J Chris ^d   Gally, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Scottish E coli O157/VTEC Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^h HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI O26; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STX2 GENE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84857553661     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1803.111236     Document Type: Article

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