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Hybrids of Shigatoxigenic and Enterotoxigenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (<scp>STEC</scp>/<scp>ETEC</scp>) Among Human and Animal Isolates in Finland
9 Jan 2015
Abstract excerpt
Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) cause serious foodborne infections in humans. Total of 450 Shigatoxigenic E. coli (STEC) strains isolated from humans, animals and environment in Finland were examined by multiplex PCR targeting the virulence genes of various DEC pathogroups simultaneously. One per cent (3/291) of the human STEC and 14% (22/159) of the animal and environmental STEC had genes typically present...
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