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Hybrid strains of enterotoxigenic/Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, United Kingdom, 2014–2023
22 Jan 2025
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Introduction. Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) pathotypes are defined by genes located on mobile genetic elements, and more than one definitive pathogenicity gene may be present in the same strain. In August 2022, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) surveillance systems detected an outbreak of hybrid Shiga toxin-producing E. coli/enterotoxigenic E. coli (STEC–ETEC) serotype O101:H33 harbouring both Shiga toxin...
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