Super-shedding cattle and the transmission dynamics of Escherichia coli O157

The prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 displays striking variability across the Scottish cattle population. On 78% of farms, in a cross-sectional survey of 952, no shedding of E. coli O157 was detected, but on a small proportion, ∼2%, very high prevalences of infection were found (with 90–100% of p...

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Main Authors: MATTHEWS, L., McKENDRICK, I. J., TERNENT, H., GUNN, G. J., SYNGE, B., WOOLHOUSE, M. E. J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 2006
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870353/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16409660
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268805004590
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