Whole Genome Sequencing demonstrates that Geographic Variation of Escherichia coli O157 Genotypes Dominates Host Association

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Strachan, Norval J C ^a   Rotariu, Ovidiu ^a   Lopes, Bruno ^a   Macrae, Marion ^a   Fairley, Susan ^b   Laing, Chad ^c   Gannon, Victor ^c   Allison, Lesley J ^d   Hanson, Mary F ^d   Dallman, Tim ^e   Ashton, Philip ^e   Franz, Eelco ^f   Van Hoek, Angela H A M ^f   French, Nigel P ^g   George, Tessy ^g   Biggs, Patrick J ^g   Forbes, Ken J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Genome Enabled Biology   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BOVINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SHEEP;

EID: 84943258770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14145     Document Type: Article

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