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Detection and Characterization of Escherichia coli and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Human, Animal, and Food Samples from Kirkuk Province, Iraq
2025-01-16
Abstract excerpt
This study aims to investigate the prevalence of E. coli and E. coli O157:H7 in 353 samples collected in Kirkuk from human stool, animal feces, raw and pasteurized milk, and beef hamburgers. E. coli was isolated using conventional methods and identified with the Enterosystem Kit 18R. Suspected E. coli O157:H7 were confirmed serologically and tested for antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes (stx1, stx2, eaeA...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ff7beb69-944b-5812-9650-b266deec8925
- DOI
- 10.3390/microbiolres16010020
