Identification of Shiga toxin-producing (STEC) and enteropathogenic (EPEC) Escherichia coli in diarrhoeic calves and comparative genomics of O5 bovine and human STEC.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.02.017
Abstract: Escherichia coli producing Shiga toxins (Stx) and the attaching-effacing (AE) lesion (AE-STEC) are responsible for (bloody) diarrhoea in humans and calves while the enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) producing the AE lesion only cause non-bloody diarrhoea… read more here.
Keywords: diarrhoeic calves; shiga; human stec; escherichia coli ... See more keywords
Attribution of human infections with Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) to livestock sources and identification of source‐specific risk factors, The Netherlands (2010–2014)
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DOI: 10.1111/zph.12403
Abstract: Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a zoonotic pathogen of public health concern whose sources and transmission routes are difficult to trace. Using a combined source attribution and case–control analysis, we determined the relative contributions… read more here.
Keywords: stec infections; human stec; source; risk factors ... See more keywords