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Research article2011Peer reviewedOpen access

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

Eriksson, Erik; Söderlund, Robert; Boqvist, Sofia; Aspán, Anna

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

      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