Article
Genotypic prevalence of the adhesin involved in diffuse adherence in Escherichia coli isolates in pre-weaned pigs with diarrhoea in Korea.
Journal of veterinary medicine. B, Infectious diseases and veterinary public health - 1 May 2004
Ha S-K, Choi C, Jung K, Kim J, Han D U, Ha Y, Lee S-D, Kim S-H, Chae C
Abstract excerpt
A total of 1002 Escherichia coli strains isolated from pre-weaned pigs with diarrhoea on 1114 swine farms were screened for the presence of the adhesin involved in diffuse adherence (AIDA) gene by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Escherichia coli isolates that carried AIDA genes were also tested by PCR for the detection of five fimbriae (F4, F5, F6, F18 and F41), heat-stable (STa, STb) and heat-labile (LT)...
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