Enhanced identification and characterization of non-O157 shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli: A six-year study

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1028-1036

  Mingle, Lisa A ^a   Garcia, Daniel L ^a,b   Root, Timothy P ^a   Halse, Tanya A ^a   Quinlan, Tammy M ^a   Armstrong, Leanna R ^a   Chiefari, Amy K ^a   Schoonmaker Bopp, Dianna J ^a   Dumas, Nellie B ^a   Limberger, Ronald J ^a   Musser, Kimberlee A ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EAEA GENE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HLYA GENE; NLEA GENE; NLEB GENE; NON 0157 SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE;

ALGORITHMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEW YORK; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84869059036     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1202     Document Type: Article

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