Article
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in drinking water supplies of north Paraná State, Brazil.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Apr 2013
Lascowski K M S, Guth B E C, Martins F H, Rocha S P D, Irino K, Pelayo J S
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To determine the occurrence and characteristics of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in drinking water supplies treated and untreated. METHODS AND RESULTS: Drinking water samples (n = 1850) were collected from 41 municipalities in the north of Paraná State between February 2005 a...
Topics
- Animals
- Brazil
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Drinking Water
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Genotype
- Hemolysin Proteins
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Serotyping
- Shiga Toxin 1
- Shiga Toxin 2
- Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli
- Vero Cells
- Virulence Factors