Detection of Shiga toxin variants among Shiga toxin-forming Escherichia coli isolates from animal stool, meat and human stool samples in India

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1208-1216

  Kumar, A ^a   Taneja, N ^a   Kumar, Y ^b   Sharma, M ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Animal stool; Human stool samples; HUS; Meat; PCR; Ridascreen; Shiga toxin variants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANIMAL STOOL; HUMAN STOOL SAMPLE; HUS; PCR; RIDASCREEN; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN VARIANT; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGA-LIKE TOXINS; STX GENES;

MEATS;

SHIGA TOXIN;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; MEAT; SAMPLING; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDIA; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STX1C GENE; STX1D GENE; STX2C GENE; STX2D GENE; STX2E GENE; STX2F GENE; STX2G GENE;

INDIA;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84867712660     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05415.x     Document Type: Article

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