Investigating effects of between- and within-host variability on Escherichia coli O157 shedding pattern and transmission

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 47-57

  Chen, S ^a   Sanderson, M ^b   Lanzas, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Between and within host variability; Escherichia coli O157; Fecal shedding; Mathematical model; Supershedder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84874225403     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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