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Genomic diversity and virulence profiles of historical Escherichia coli O157 strains isolated from clinical and environmental sources.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2015
Rump Lydia V, Gonzalez-Escalona Narjol, Ju Wenting, Wang Fei, Cao Guojie, Meng Sean, Meng Jianghong
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli O157:H7 is, to date, the major E. coli serotype causing food-borne human disease worldwide. Strains of O157 with other H antigens also have been recovered. We analyzed a collection of historic O157 strains (n = 400) isolated in the late 1980s to early 1990s in the United States. Strains were predominantly serotype O157:H7 (55%), and various O157:non-H7 (41%) serotypes were not previously reported...
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