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Identification of a New Virulent Clade in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H11/H- Sequence Type 29.
Scientific reports - 23 Feb 2017
Ishijima Nozomi, Lee Ken-Ichi, Kuwahara Tomomi, Nakayama-Imaohji Haruyuki, Yoneda Saori, Iguchi Atsushi, Ogura Yoshitoshi, Hayashi Tetsuya, Ohnishi Makoto, Iyoda Sunao
Abstract excerpt
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O26 infections cause severe human diseases such as hemolytic uremic syndrome and encephalopathy, and is the predominant serogroup among non-O157 EHEC in many countries. Shiga toxin (Stx), which consists of two distinct types (Stx1 and Stx2), plays a central role in EHEC pathogenesis. The major stx gene type in EHEC O26 strains is stx1, although isolates with only stx2...
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