Whole genome sequencing improved case ascertainment in an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 associated with raw drinking milk

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 2812-2823

  Butcher, H ^a   Elson, R ^a   Chattaway, M A ^a   Featherstone, C A ^b   Willis, C ^a   Jorgensen, F ^a   Dallman, T J ^a   Jenkins, C ^a   McLauchlin, J ^a,c   Beck, C R ^a   Harrison, S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial typing; Escherichia coli; foodborne infections; gastrointestinal infections; public health microbiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MILK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; RAW FOOD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STX2A GENE; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENGLAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VETERINARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988535383     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816000509     Document Type: Article

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