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Isolation of atypical enteropathogenic<i>Escherichia coli</i>and Shiga toxin 1 and 2f-producing<i>Escherichia coli</i>from avian species in India
1 Mar 2009
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AIMS: To study the prevalence and characterize atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in avian species in India. METHODS AND RESULTS: Two hundred and twelve faecal samples collected from 62 chickens, 50 ducks and 100 pigeons were investigated for the presence of stx(1), stx(2), eae and ehxA virulence genes by multiplex PCR. In all, 42 E. coli isolates (25...
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