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Serotypes, intimin variants and other virulence factors of eae positive Escherichia coli strains isolated from healthy cattle in Switzerland. Identification of a new intimin variant gene (eae-eta2).
BMC microbiology - 9 May 2005
Blanco Miguel, Schumacher Sandra, Tasara Taurai, Zweifel Claudio, Blanco Jesús E, Dahbi Ghizlane, Blanco Jorge, Stephan Roger
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BACKGROUND: Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) share the ability to introduce attaching-and-effacing (A/E) lesions on intestinal cells. The genetic determinants for the production of A/E lesions are located on the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE), a pathogenicity island that also contains the genes encoding intimin (eae). This study reports information on...
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