Occurrence of potentially human-pathogenic Escherichia coli O103 in norwegian sheep

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 7502-7509

  Sekse, Camilla ^a   Sunde, Marianne ^a   Hopp, Petter ^a   Bruheim, Torkjel ^a   Cudjoe, Kofitsyo Sewornu ^a   Kvitle, Bjorg ^a   Urdahl, Anne Margrete ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDING PATTERNS; ENTEROPATHOGENIC E. COLI; FECAL SAMPLES; HUMAN PATHOGENS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NATIONAL SURVEYS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING E. COLI;

ELECTROPHORESIS; SURVEYS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SHEEP; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NORWAY;

ADHESIN; EAEA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NORWAY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; SHEEP;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FLAGELLIN; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NORWAY; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84888231220     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01825-13     Document Type: Article

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