Wild ungulates as disseminators of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in urban areas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Franklin, Alan B ^a   VerCauteren, Kurt C ^a   Maguire, Hugh ^b   Cichon, Mary K ^b   Fischer, Justin W ^a   Lavelle, Michael J ^a   Powell, Amber ^c   Root, J Jeffrey ^a   Scallan, Elaine ^d  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Air Pollution Control Division   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; INCIDENCE; MULE DEER; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNGULATE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WILD ANIMAL;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CHILD; CITIES; COLORADO; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN 1; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84892598156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081512     Document Type: Article

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