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Detection of virulence-associated genes characteristic of intestinal Escherichia coli pathotypes, including the enterohemorrhagic/enteroaggregative O104:H4, in bovines from Germany and Spain.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Aug 2015
Cabal Adriana, Geue Lutz, Gómez-Barrero Susana, Barth Stefanie, Bárcena Carmen, Hamm Katharina, Porrero M Concepción, Valverde Aránzazu, Cantón Rafael, Menge Christian, Gortázar Christian, Domínguez Lucas, Álvarez Julio
Abstract excerpt
Cattle are reservoirs of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli; however, their role in the epidemiology of other pathogenic E. coli remains undefined. A new set of quantitative real-time PCR assays for the direct detection and quantification of nine virulence-associated genes (VAGs) characteristic of the most important human E. coli pathotypes and four serotype-related genes (wzxO104 , fliCH4 , rbfO157 , fliCH7 )...
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