Emergence of escherichia coli encoding Shiga toxin 2f in human Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections in the Netherlands, January 2008 to December 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2014, Pages

  Friesema, I ^a   Van Der Zwaluw, K ^a   Schuurman, T ^b   Kooistra Smid, M ^c   Franz, E ^a   Van Duynhoven, Y ^a   Van Pelt, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Laboratory for Infectious Diseases   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ATTACHING AND EFFACING GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI HEMOLYSIN GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN 2F GENE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899799073     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.17.20787     Document Type: Article

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