Untangling the role of environmental and host-related determinants for on-farm transmission of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157

Untangling the role of environmental and host-related determinants for on-farm transmission of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157

Background: Cattle colonised by the zoonotic pathogen verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli of serotype O157 (VTEC O157) can shed high levels of the pathogen in their faeces. A suggested key for controlling VTEC O157 is preventing colonisation of individuals.Aim: In this study the role of individual...

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Main Authors: Lena-Mari Tamminen, Johan Dicksved, Erik Eriksson, Linda J. Keeling, Ulf Emanuelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
Subjects:
VTEC O157
cattle
EHEC
epidemiology
super-shedder
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20008686.2024.2406852

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