VERO CYTOTOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157 OUTBREAKS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1995 - PHENOTYPIC METHODS AND GENOTYPIC SUBTYPING

Authors
WILLSHAW GA SMITH HR CHEASTY T WALL PG ROWE B
Citation
Ga. Willshaw et al., VERO CYTOTOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157 OUTBREAKS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1995 - PHENOTYPIC METHODS AND GENOTYPIC SUBTYPING, EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 3(4), 1997, pp. 561-565
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES → ACNP
Volume
3
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
561 - 565
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 belonging to four phage types (PTs) caused 11 outbreaks of infection in England and Wales in 1995. Outbreak strains of different PTs were distinguishable by DNA-ba sed methods. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis best discriminated among strains belonging to the same PT, distinguishing six of the seven PT2 outbreak strains and both PT49 outbreak strains.