An investigation of the diversity of strains of enteroaggregative escherichia coli isolated from cases associated with a large multi-pathogen foodborne outbreak in the UK

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Dallman, Timothy J ^a   Chattaway, Marie A ^a   Cowley, Lauren A ^a   Doumith, Michel ^a   Tewolde, Rediat ^a   Wooldridge, David J ^a   Underwood, Anthony ^a   Ready, Derren ^b   Wain, John ^c   Foster, Kirsty ^a   Grant, Kathie A ^a   Jenkins, Claire ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AAP GENE; AAT GENE; AGGR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN GENE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIODIVERSITY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRULENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENE ORDER; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84901369031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098103     Document Type: Article

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