Use of virulence determinants and seropathotypes to distinguish high- and low-risk Escherichia coli O157 and non-O157 isolates from Europe

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1019-1028

  Anjum, M F ^a   Jones, E ^a   Morrison, V ^a   Tozzoli, R ^b   Morabito, S ^b   Toth, I ^c   Nagy, B ^c   Smith, G ^d   Aspan, A ^e   Nielsen, E M ^f   Fach, P ^g   Herrera Leon S ^h   Woodward, M J ^a,i   La Ragione, R M ^a,j  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^g French Agency for Food   (France)

^h INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Europe; verotoxigenic; virulence

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUNGARY; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWINE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; ADFO GENE; AUSTRIA; CRAMER V STATISTIC; CROATIA; DENMARK; EAE GENE; EFA1 5' GENE; EFA1 53' GENE; EHX GENE; FRANCE; GENE CLUSTER; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; SEROPATHOTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SODCF GENE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TCCP GENE; TERB GENE; UNITED KINGDOM; UREA GENE; VT1 GENE; VT2 GENE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EUROPE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84897055556     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001635     Document Type: Article

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