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High prevalence of clade 8 Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolated from retail meat and butcher shop environment.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2016
Galli Lucía, Brusa Victoria, Singh Pallavi, Cataldi Angel Adrián, Manning Shannon, Peral-García Pilar, Leotta Gerardo Aníbal
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an enteric pathogen associated with food safety threats and with significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Argentina, post-enteric hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is endemic, with >70% of cases associated with E. coli O157 infection. To date the biological basis behind the severity among E. coli O157 infections is unknown. However, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) typing...
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