Phage types and genotypes of Shiga toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 in Finland.
This study examined Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157, using phage typing, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and typing of Shiga toxin variant genes by PCR with restriction fragment length polymorphism in an epidemiological survey of STEC O157 isolated from humans in Finland between 1990 and 1999.
National Public Health Institute, Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens, Mannerheimintie166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland.
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D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D022621:Shiga Toxin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D022621:Shiga Toxin