Phylogenetically Related Argentinean and Australian Escherichia coli O157 Isolates Are Distinguished by Virulence Clades and Alternative Shiga Toxin 1 and 2 Prophages

Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli O157 is the leading cause of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) worldwide. The frequencies of stx genotypes and the incidences of O157-related illness and HUS vary significantly between Argentina and Australia. Locus-specific polymorphism analysis revealed that lineage...

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Main Authors: Mellor, Glen E., Sim, Eby M., Barlow, Robert S., D'Astek, Beatriz A., Galli, Lucia, Chinen, Isabel, Rivas, Marta, Gobius, Kari S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012
Subjects:
Food Microbiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3370492/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22544241
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00365-12
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