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Serotypes and intimin types of intestinal and faecal strains of eae+ Escherichia coli from weaned pigs.
Veterinary microbiology - 16 Apr 2006
Malik Anna, Tóth István, Beutin Lothar, Schmidt Herbert, Taminiau Bernard, Dow Mohamed A, Morabito Stefano, Oswald Eric, Mainil Jacques, Nagy Béla
Abstract excerpt
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) that are known to cause severe diarrhoea in children and young rabbits are well characterized, but there are few reports on the serotypes and intimin (eae) types of EPEC in weaned pigs. Based on detection of the eae gene by PCR and by DNA-hybridisation with LEE specific gene probes, 20 intestinal and 17 faecal eae(+) strains from diarrhoeal (164) and non-diarrhoeal (57)...
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