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Geographic divergence of bovine and human Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 genotypes, New Zealand.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2014
Jaros Patricia, Cookson Adrian L, Campbell Donald M, Duncan Gail E, Prattley Deborah, Carter Philip, Besser Thomas E, Shringi Smriti, Hathaway Steve, Marshall Jonathan C, French Nigel P
Abstract excerpt
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)O157:H7 is a zoonotic pathogen of public health concern worldwide. To compare the local and large-scale geographic distributions of genotypes of STEC O157:H7 isolates obtained from various bovine and human sources during 2008–2011, we used pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and Shiga toxin–encoding bacteriophage insertion (SBI) typing. Using multivariate methods, we...
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