Temporal and spatial patterns of bovine Escherichia coli O157 prevalence and comparison of temporal changes in the patterns of phage types associated with bovine shedding and human E. coli O157 cases in Scotland between 1998-2000 and 2002-2004

BACKGROUND: Escherichia coli O157 is an important cause of acute diarrhoea, haemorrhagic colitis and, especially in children, haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS). Incidence rates for human E. coli O157 infection in Scotland are higher than most other United Kingdom, European and North American countri...

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Main Authors: Pearce, Michael C, Chase-Topping, Margo E, McKendrick, Iain J, Mellor, Dominic J, Locking, Mary E, Allison, Lesley, Ternent, Helen E, Matthews, Louise, Knight, Hazel I, Smith, Alastair W, Synge, Barti A, Reilly, William, Low, J Christopher, Reid, Stuart WJ, Gunn, George J, Woolhouse, Mark EJ
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808314/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20040112
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-276
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