Abstract
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains from cattle and diarrheic children in a pastoralist community in Uganda were investigated. The STEC strains belonged to a variety of different serogroups, and 70% of the strains were positive for the intimin gene, eae. STEC strains from two of the children were closely related to bovine strains.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adhesins, Bacterial / genetics
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Animals
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Cattle
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Cattle Diseases / microbiology*
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Cluster Analysis
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DNA Fingerprinting
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Diarrhea / microbiology*
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
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Escherichia coli Infections / veterinary*
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Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
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Feces / microbiology
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Genotype
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Humans
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Infant
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Molecular Epidemiology
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Rural Population
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Serotyping
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Shiga Toxin / biosynthesis*
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Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / classification
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Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
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Uganda
Substances
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Adhesins, Bacterial
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Escherichia coli Proteins
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eaeA protein, E coli
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Shiga Toxin