Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli 0157: H7 from healthy dairy cattle in Mid-West Brazil: Occurrence and molecular characterization

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-28

  Freitas Filho, Edismauro G ^a   Ferreira, Marcos R A ^b   Pinto, Jefferson F N ^c   Conceição, Fabrício R ^d   Moreira, Cecília N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Ciências Biológicas   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Hemorrhagic colitis; Reservoir; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli; STEC; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899010364     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: 16785150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-736X2014000100004     Document Type: Article

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