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Prevalence and Characterization of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Cattle, Food, and Children during a One-Year Prospective Study in France
1 Mar 2000
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During a 1-year survey of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) prevalence in central France, 2,143 samples were investigated by PCR for Shiga toxin-encoding genes. A total of 330 (70%) of 471 fecal samples collected from healthy cattle at the Clermont-Ferrand slaughterhouse, 47 (11%) of 411 beef samples, 60 (10%) of 603 cheese samples, and 19 (3%) of 658 stool specimens from hospitalized children with...
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