Norwegian sheep are an important reservoir for human-pathogenic Escherichia coli O26:H11

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4083-4091

  Brandal, Lin T ^a   Sekse, Camilla ^b   Lindstedt, Bjørn Arne ^a   Sunde, Marianne ^b   Løbersli, Inger ^a   Urdahl, Anne Margrete ^b   Kapperuda, Georg ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E. COLI; STX GENES; TANDEM REPEATS; VARIABLE NUMBER; VIRULENCE GENE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; GENES; WOOL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE VECTOR; INFECTIVITY; PATHOGEN; SHEEP; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NORWAY; PATHOGENICITY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NORWAY; SHEEP; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

NORWAY;

ARCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84864083130     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00186-12     Document Type: Article

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