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Detection of Shiga Toxin–Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> O26, O45, O103, O111, O113, O121, O145, and O157 Serogroups by Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction of the <i>wzx</i> Gene of the O-Antigen Gene Cluster
1 May 2011
Abstract excerpt
O-antigens on the surface of Escherichia coli are important virulence factors that are targets of both the innate and adaptive immune system and play a major role in pathogenicity. O-antigens that are responsible for antigenic specificity of the strain determine the O-serogroup. E. coli O26, O45, O103, O111, O113, O121, O145, and O157 have been the most commonly identified O-serogroups associated with Shiga...
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