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[The serotype and Shiga toxin type of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from humans and various animals].
Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases - 1 Mar 2002
Tsukamoto Teizo, Yamasaki Shinji, Makino Sou-ichi, Asakura Hiroshi, Takeda Yoshifumi
Abstract excerpt
To clear the route of STEC (Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli) infection to humans, we examined the serotype. Shiga toxin genotype and eae gene of STEC strains from humans and various animals. The most predominant serotype originated from humans was O157:H7, followed by O26:H11, and other serotypes were O91:H21, O103:H2, O111:NM, O121:H19, etc. The eae gene was found in 79 of 93 strains from human origin....
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