Shiga toxin subtypes associated with shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli strains isolated from red deer, roe deer, chamois, and ibex

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 792-795

  Hofer, Eveline ^a   Cernela, Nicole ^a   Stephan, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHAMOIS; EAE GENE; EHXA GENE; GENE; IBEX; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; ROE DEER; RUPICAPRA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COLON; DEER; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; GOATS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MALE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RUPICAPRA; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN 1; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

CAPRA IBEX; CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

EID: 84867013221     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1156     Document Type: Article

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