Article
Identification of O serotypes, genotypes, and virulotypes of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates, including non-O157 from beef cattle in Japan.
Journal of food protection - 1 Aug 2014
Mekata Hirohisa, Iguchi Atsushi, Kawano Kimiko, Kirino Yumi, Kobayashi Ikuo, Misawa Naoaki
Abstract excerpt
Bovines are recognized as an important reservoir of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Although STEC strains are significant foodborne pathogens, not all of the STEC held by cattle are pathogenic, and which type of STEC that will become epidemic in humans is unpredictable. Information...
Topics
- Animals
- Cattle
- Disease Reservoirs
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Genotype
- Humans
- Japan
- O Antigens
- Serotyping
- Shiga Toxin
- Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli
- Virulence Factors