Article
Zoonotic potential of Escherichia coli isolates from retail chicken meat products and eggs.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2015
Mitchell Natalie M, Johnson James R, Johnston Brian, Curtiss Roy, Mellata Melha
Abstract excerpt
Chicken products are suspected as a source of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC), which causes diseases in humans. The zoonotic risk to humans from chicken-source E. coli is not fully elucidated. To clarify the zoonotic risk posed by ExPEC in chicken products and to fill existing knowledge gaps regarding ExPEC zoonosis, we evaluated the prevalence of ExPEC on shell eggs and compared...
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- Eggs
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Genotype
- Humans
- Meat Products
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
