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Genetic characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from cattle carcasses and feces in Mexico state.
Journal of food protection - 1 Apr 2015
Reyes-Rodríguez Nydia E, Soriano-Vargas Edgardo, Barba-León Jeannette, Navarro Armando, Talavera-Rojas Martín, Sanso A Mariel, Bustamante Ana V
Abstract excerpt
Meat of bovine origin is one of the major vehicles in the transmission of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) to human consumers. This pathogen can produce serious human illness, including bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome. The aim of the current study was to characterize E. coli isolates (mainly VTEC strains) belonging to several serotypes in samples from cattle carcasses and feces of three...
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