Geographic Divergence of Bovine and Human Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Genotypes, New Zealand

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 is a zoonotic pathogen of public health concern worldwide. To compare the local and large-scale geographic distributions of genotypes of STEC O157:H7 isolates obtained from various bovine and human sources during 2008–2011, we used pulsed-field g...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Patricia Jaros, Adrian L. Cookson, Donald M. Campbell, Gail E. Duncan, Deborah Prattley, Philip E. Carter, Thomas E. Besser, Smriti Shringi, Steve Hathaway, Jonathan C. Marshall, Nigel P. French
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-12-01
Subjects:	molecular epidemiology STEC O157:H7 Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 genotype Shiga toxin–encoding bacteriophage insertion typing cattle
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/12/14-0281_article