Detection and source tracking of Escherichia coli, harboring intimin and Shiga toxin genes, isolated from the Little Bighorn River, Montana

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 341-362

  Hamner, Steve ^a   Broadaway, Susan C ^a   Berg, Ethan ^a   Stettner, Sean ^a   Pyle, Barry H ^a   Big Man, Nita ^a,b   Old Elk, Joseph ^a,b   Eggers, Margaret J ^a,b   Doyle, John ^c,d   Kindness, Larry ^c,d   Good Luck, Brandon ^c,d   Ford, Timothy E ^e   Camper, Anne C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Little Big Horn College   (United States)

^c Big Horn County Commissioner   (United States)

^d Crow Environmental Health Steering Committee   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

river water; sewage pollution; water pollutants; water borne diseases

Indexed keywords

INTIMIN; RIVER WATER; SHIGA TOXIN; ADHESIN; EAEA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MANURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; GENE EXPRESSION; MANURE; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; TOXIC ORGANISM; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MANURE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEROTYPE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

LITTLE BIGHORN RIVER; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MANURE; MONTANA; RIVERS; SHIGA TOXINS; VIRULENCE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84900023282     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2013.835030     Document Type: Article

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