Geographic divergence of bovine and human Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 genotypes, New Zealand

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1980-1989

  Jaros, Patricia ^a   Cookson, Adrian L ^b   Campbell, Donald M ^c   Duncan, Gail E ^c   Prattley, Deborah ^a   Carter, Philip ^d   Besser, Thomas E ^e   Shringi, Smriti ^e   Hathaway, Steve ^c   Marshall, Jonathan C ^a   French, Nigel P ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84922851080     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2012.140281     Document Type: Article

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