Use of multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis to evaluate Escherichia coli O157 subtype distribution and transmission dynamics following natural exposure on a closed beef feedlot facility

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 827-834

  Williams, Michele L ^a   Pearl, David L ^b   Bishop, Katherine E ^b   Lejeune, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BULLOCK; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALLELES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84884776424     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2013.1484     Document Type: Article

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