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Molecular characterization of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from diverse sources from India by multi-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA).
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Dec 2014
Kumar A, Taneja N, Sharma R K, Sharma H, Ramamurthy T, Sharma M
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In a first study from India, a diverse collection of 140 environmental and clinical non-O157 Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli strains from a large geographical area in north India was typed by multi-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA). The distribution of major virulence genes stx1, stx2 and eae was found to be 78%, 70% and 10%, respectively; 15 isolates were enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (stx1...
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