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Sequence heterogeneity of the eae gene and detection of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli using serotype-specific primers.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jun 1994
Louie M, de Azavedo J, Clarke R, Borczyk A, Lior H, Richter M, Brunton J
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The distribution of the Escherichia coli attaching and effacing (eae) gene in strains of verotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) isolated from cattle and humans was studied. The majority of strains isolated from humans with bloody diarrhoea or HUS and cattle with severe diarrhoea were eae positive (82 and 83% respectively). In contrast, 59% of VTEC isolated from asymptomatic cattle were eae negative and of the...
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