Molecular typing of Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates from Swedish cattle and human cases: Population dynamics and virulence

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3906-3912

  Soderlund R ^a,b   Jernberg, C ^c   Ivarsson, S ^c,d   Hedenstrom I ^c   Eriksson, E ^b   Bongcam Rudloff, E ^a   Aspan A ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LINEAGE SPECIFIC POLYMORPHISM ASSAY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VTX GENE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SWEDEN; VETERINARY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84908349702     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01877-14     Document Type: Article

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