Prevalence and genetic profiling of virulence determinants of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from cattle, beef, and humans, Calcutta, India. (Research)

Authors :: Khan, Asis
Yamasaki, Shinji
Sato, Toshio
Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan
Pal, Amit
Datta, Simanti
Chowdhury, Nandini Roy
Das, Suresh Chandra
Sikdar, Asim
Tsukamoto, Teizo
Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar
Takeda, Yoshifumi
Nair, Gopinath Balakrish
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Jan, 2002, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p54, 9 p.
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: We investigated the prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in hospitalized diarrhea patients in Calcutta, India, as well as in healthy domestic cattle and raw beef samples collected from [...]

Subjects :: Escherichia coli -- Genetic aspects
Diarrhea -- Causes of
Virulence (Microbiology) -- Genetic aspects
Public health -- India
Beef cattle -- Health aspects
Beef -- Health aspects
India -- Health aspects

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