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SUBMITTER: Kobayashi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC92607 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kobayashi H H Shimada J J Nakazawa M M Morozumi T T Pohjanvirta T T Pelkonen S S Yamamoto K K
Applied and environmental microbiology 20010101 1
The prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in Japan was examined by using stool samples from 87 calves, 88 heifers, and 183 cows on 78 farms. As determined by screening with stx-PCR, the prevalence was 46% in calves, 66% in heifers, and 69% in cows; as determined by nested stx-PCR, the prevalence was 100% in all animal groups. Of the 962 isolates picked by colony stx hybridization, 92 isolates from 54 farms were characterized to determine their O serogroups, virulence factor ...[more]