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Sorbitol non-fermenting shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in cattle on smallholdings.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jan 2015
Islam M Z, Christensen J P, Biswas P K
Abstract excerpt
We investigated faecal samples collected from the rectum of 518 cattle on 371 randomly selected smallholdings in Bangladesh for the presence of sorbitol non-fermenting (SN-F) shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). The SN-F isolates were tested for the presence of rfb O157, stx1, stx2, eae and hlyA genes by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Seven SN-F isolates lacking these genes were profiled by...
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