Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Central Greece: Prevalence and virulence genes of O157:H7 and non-O157 in animal feces, vegetables, and humans

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1401-1408

  Pinaka, O ^a   Pournaras, S ^a   Mouchtouri, V ^a   Plakokefalos, E ^a   Katsiaflaka, A ^a   Kolokythopoulou, F ^a   Barboutsi, E ^a   Bitsolas, N ^a   Hadjichristodoulou, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EAE GENE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FARM ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FLIC GENE; GOAT; GREECE; HUMAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RFBE GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPECIES COMPARISON; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; SWINE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; VEGETABLE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DIARRHEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GREECE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VEGETABLES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84886590291     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1889-6     Document Type: Article

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