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Emerging types of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O178 present in cattle, deer, and humans from Argentina and Germany.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2014
Miko Angelika, Rivas Marta, Bentancor Adriana, Delannoy Sabine, Fach Patrick, Beutin Lothar
Abstract excerpt
More than 400 serotypes of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) have been implicated in outbreaks and sporadic human diseases. In recent years STEC strains belonging to serogroup O178 have been commonly isolated from cattle and food of bovine origin in South America and Europe. In order to explore the significance of these STEC strains as potential human pathogens, 74 German and Argentinean E. coli O178...
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