Pathogenic Potential to Humans of Bovine Escherichia coli O26, Scotland

Pathogenic Potential to Humans of Bovine Escherichia coli O26, Scotland

Escherichia coli O26 and O157 have similar overall prevalences in cattle in Scotland, but in humans, Shiga toxin–producing E. coli O26 infections are fewer and clinically less severe than E. coli O157 infections. To investigate this discrepancy, we genotyped E. coli O26 isolates from cattle and huma...

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Main Authors: Margo E. Chase-Topping, Tracy Rosser, Lesley J. Allison, Emily Courcier, Judith Evans, Iain J. McKendrick, Michael C. Pearce, Ian Handel, Alfredo Caprioli, Helge Karch, Mary F. Hanson, Kevin G.J. Pollock, Mary E. Locking, Mark E.J. Woolhouse, Louise Matthews, J. Chris Low, David L. Gally
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Escherichia coli O26
Escherichia coli O157
prevalence
pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
PFGE
multilocus sequence typing
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/3/11-1236_article

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