title: Shiga toxin gene-containing Escherichia coli from cattle and diarrheic children in the pastoral systems of southwestern Uganda.
abstract: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains from cattle and diarrheic children in a pastoralist community in Uganda were investigated. The STEC strains belonged to a variety of different serogroups, and 70% of the strains were positive for the intimin gene, eae. STEC strains from two of the children were closely related to bovine strains.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Microbiology, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Majalija
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Segal
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ejobi
authors.forename: B Gay
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Elisha
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012424:Rural Population; D012703:Serotyping; D022621:Shiga Toxin / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014454:Uganda
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C073819:eaeA protein, E coli; D022621:Shiga Toxin