Future perspectives, applications and challenges of genomic epidemiology studies for food-borne pathogens: A case study of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) of the O157:H7 serotype

Gut Microbes

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 194-201

  Eppinger, Mark ^a   Cebula, Thomas A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CosmosID ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC); Food borne pathogens; Genomic epidemiology; Genotyping; Outbreaks

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD POISONING; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PLASTICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944457730     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/19490976.2014.969979     Document Type: Article

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