Diagnostic strategy for identifying avian pathogenic Escherichia coli based on four patterns of virulence genes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1673-1678

  Schouler, Catherine ^a   Schaeffer, Brigitte ^b   Brée, Annie ^a   Mora, Azucena ^c   Dahbi, Ghizlane ^c   Biet, François ^d   Oswald, Eric ^e   Mainil, Jacques ^f   Blanco, Jorge ^c   Moulin Schouleur, Maryvonne ^a  

^a UR1282   (France)

^b UR341 National Agronomical Research Institute (INRA)   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d Sanders Aliments   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVIAN COLIBACILLOSIS; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CHICKENS; DUCKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; POULTRY DISEASES; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; TURKEYS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84859968965     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05057-11     Document Type: Article

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