Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli: a Public Health Challenge in the Pre-Harvest Stage of the Farm-to-Table Continuum

Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli: a Public Health Challenge in the Pre-Harvest Stage of the Farm-to-Table Continuum

Escherichia coli is part of the normal gastrointestinal microbiota of many animals, especially cattle. While most strains are commensal, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) can cause severe human illness. Pathogenicity of STEC is associated with genes such as those encoding Shiga toxins, enterohem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baltasar, Patricia Pereira
Other Authors: Veterinary Medicine
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2016
Subjects:
Escherichia coli
animal husbandry
cattle
zoonoses
microbiology
virulence
molecular
characterization
fingerprinting
distribution
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71318

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71318

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