Article
Prevalence and characteristics of human and bovine verotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains isolated in Galicia (north-western Spain).
European journal of epidemiology - 1 Feb 1996
Blanco M, Blanco J E, Blanco J, Gonzalez E A, Alonso M P, Maas H, Jansen W H
Abstract excerpt
An epidemiological study was carried out to determine the incidence and the serotypes of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) that cause infections in Galicia (north-western Spain). Although, VTEC strains were isolated from 55 (14%) of the 387 calves sampled and the majority of bovine VTEC strai...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Diarrhea
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Genotype
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Serotyping
- Spain
- Vero Cells