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SUBMITTER: Ji XW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7091087 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ji Xiao W XW Liao Ya L YL Zhu Ye F YF Wang Hai G HG Gu Ling L Gu Jiang J Dong Chen C Ding Hong L HL Mao Xu H XH Zhu Feng C FC Zou Quan M QM
Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) 20101201 6
Escherichia coli O157:H7, an important food-borne pathogen, has become a major public health concern worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the molecular epidemiologic feature of E. coli O157:H7 strains in China. 105 E. coli O157:H7 isolates were collected from various hosts and places over 9 years. A multilocus sequence typing scheme (MLST) was applied for bacteria genotyping and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used for virulence factor identification. Seven new MLST sequence t ...[more]