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Experimental mouse lethality of Escherichia coli strains isolated from free ranging Tibetan yaks.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Aug 2017
Rehman Mujeeb Ur, Zhang Hui, Wang Yajing, Mehmood Khalid, Huang Shucheng, Iqbal Muhammad Kashif, Li Jiakui
Abstract excerpt
The present study has examined the virulence potential of Escherichia coli isolates harboring at least one virulence gene (associated with ExPEC or InPEC pathotype and belonging to different phylogenetic groups: A, B1, B2 or D), isolated from free ranging Tibetan yak feces. The E. coli isolates (n = 87) were characterized for different serogroups and a mouse model of subcutaneous-infection was used to envisage...
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