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Prevalences of Shiga Toxin Subtypes and Selected Other Virulence Factors among Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Fresh Produce
31 Aug 2013
Abstract excerpt
Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) strains were isolated from a variety of fresh produce, but mostly from spinach, with an estimated prevalence rate of 0.5%. A panel of 132 produce STEC strains were characterized for the presence of virulence and putative virulence factor genes and for Shiga toxin subtypes. About 9% of the isolates were found to have the eae gene, which encodes the intimin binding protein,...
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