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Virulence factors, antibiotic resistance genes and genetic relatedness of commensal Escherichia coli isolates from dogs and their owners.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Mar 2018
Derakhshandeh Abdollah, Eraghi Vida, Boroojeni Azar Motamedi, Niaki Malihe Akbarzadeh, Zare Sahar, Naziri Zahra
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Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a normal flora of gastrointestinal tracts of humans and warm-blooded animals including dogs that has close vicinity with humans. Because the inter-species transmission of E. coli between pets and human beings, within a household, obtaining more information about the epidemiology, genetics, virulence factors, and antibiotic resistance of E. coli from dogs and their owners will help to...
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