Dynamics of shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and their virulence factors in cattle

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-30

  Dopfer D ^a   Geue, L ^b   Schares, S ^b   Mintel, B ^b   Hoffmann, B ^b   Fischer, E A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; EHEC; Escherichia coli; STEC; Transmission; Virulence markers

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PATHOGENICITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84859905714     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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