title: Predominance of afr2 and ral fimbrial genes related to those encoding the K88 and CS31A fimbrial adhesins in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from rabbits with postweaning diarrhea in Central Europe.
abstract: PCR tests designed in these studies identified three rabbit adhesive factor genes among 43 enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) strains: afr1 (2 strains), the F4(K88)/CS31A-related afr2 (10 strains), and ral (15 strains). Several EPEC strains (i.e., O153:H7 and O157:H2) lacked these genes but did adhere to HeLa cells and produced attaching and effacing lesions in rabbits.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Medical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1143 Budapest, Hungaria Str. 21, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Mohamed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dow
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alexa
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oswald
authors.forename: Béla
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nagy
mesh_terms: D018830:Adhesins, Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011817:Rabbits / Q000382:microbiology*; D014886:Weaning
chemical_list: D018830:Adhesins, Escherichia coli; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C026888:K88 antigen, E coli; C103954:afr2 protein, E coli; C071730:clpG protein, E coli; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins