| Literature DB >> 10355801 |
M Akiba1, T Masuda, T Sameshima, K Katsuda, M Nakazawa.
Abstract
A total of 77 Escherichia coli O157:H7 (H-) isolates from cattle in Japan were investigated by molecular biological methods. Most of these isolates (43 isolates) possessed the stx-2 gene, but not stx1. Fifteen bacteriophage types and 50 pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiles were observed. One isolate was indistinguishable from the human outbreak strain by these methods. This indicates that cattle must be considered as a possible source of human E. coli O157:H7 infection in Japan.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10355801 PMCID: PMC2809625 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268899002198
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Epidemiol Infect ISSN: 0950-2688 Impact factor: 2.451