Genotypic characterization to identify markers associated with putative hypervirulence in Swedish Escherichia coli O157:H7 cattle strains

Abstract

Real-time PCR SNP typing for clade 8 can be used to identify cattle farms that are at higher risk of causing EHEC infections in humans.

Keywords

enterohaemorrhagic E; coli; multi-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis; PCR; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; virulence

Published in

Journal of Applied Microbiology
2011, Volume: 110, number: 1, pages: 323-332 Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

SLU Authors

• Boqvist, Sofia

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Animal and Dairy Science
Veterinary Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04887.x

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/47611