Occurrence and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other non-sorbitol-fermenting E. coli in cattle and humans in urban areas of Morogoro, Tanzania

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 503-510

  Lupindu, Athumani M ^a   Olsen, John E ^b   Ngowi, Helena A ^a   Msoffe, Peter L M ^c   Mtambo, Madundo M ^d   Scheutz, Flemming ^e   Dalsgaard, Anders ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA   (Tanzania)

^d NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

MacConkey agar; Manure; Periurban; Public health; Sorbitol

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOIL; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; VERO CELL LINE; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SORBITOL; TANZANIA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84904296544     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1502     Document Type: Article

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