Serological Assay for Diagnosis of Verotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) Infection in the Patients with Diarrhea
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Prevalence of Verotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) in a survey of dairy cattle in Najaf, Iraq
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Dairy cattle have been implicated as principal reservoir of Verotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli (VTEC), with undercooked ground beef and raw milk being the major vehicles of food borne outbreaks. VTEC has been implicated as an etiological agent of individual cases and outbreaks in developed countries. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of VETEC in dia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1884-569X,0387-5911
DOI: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.70.80