Article
Evaluation of Escherichia coli isolates from healthy chickens to determine their potential risk to poultry and human health.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Stromberg Zachary R, Johnson James R, Fairbrother John M, Kilbourne Jacquelyn, Van Goor Angelica, Curtiss Roy, Mellata Melha
Abstract excerpt
Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) strains are important pathogens that cause diverse diseases in humans and poultry. Some E. coli isolates from chicken feces contain ExPEC-associated virulence genes, so appear potentially pathogenic; they conceivably could be transmitted to huma...
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Phylogeny
- Risk Factors
- Virulence