Genetically similar strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolated from sheep, cattle and human patients

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Söderlund, Robert ^a,c   Hedenström, Ingela ^b   Nilsson, Anna ^a,c   Eriksson, Erik ^a   Aspán, Anna ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clade 8; MLVA; O157:H7; PFGE; Sheep; STEC; VTEC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVIDAE; CHINO DEL TOMATE VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84870533044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-200     Document Type: Article

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