Applicability of a multiplex PCR to detect the seven major Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli based on genes that code for serogroup-specific O-antigens and major virulence factors in cattle feces

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 541-548

  Bai, Jianfa ^a   Paddock, Zachary D ^a   Shi, Xiaorong ^a   Li, Shubo ^a,b   An, Baoyan ^a   Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Liaoning Center for Animal Epidemic Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTIMIN; O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; GENETIC CODE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; O ANTIGENS; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84861961252     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2011.1082     Document Type: Article

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