title: Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli prevalence in laboratory rabbits.
abstract: Rabbit-origin enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) causes substantial diarrhea-associated morbidity and has zoonotic potential. A culture-based survey was undertaken to ascertain its prevalence. EPEC was isolated from 6/141 (4.3%) commercially-acquired laboratory rabbits. Three of these did not have diarrhea or EPEC-typical intestinal lesions; they instead had background plasmacytic intestinal inflammation. Asymptomatically infected rabbits may function as EPEC reservoirs.
authors: Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. aswennes@mit.edu
authors: Alton G
authors: AG
authors: Swennes
authors: Ellen M
authors: EM
authors: Buckley
authors: Carolyn M
authors: CM
authors: Madden
authors: Charles P
authors: CP
authors: Byrd
authors: Rachel S
authors: RS
authors: Donocoff
authors: Loretta
authors: L
authors: Rodriguez
authors: Nicola M A
authors: NM
authors: Parry
authors: James G
authors: JG
authors: Fox
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D054308:Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D007422:Intestines / Q000473:pathology; D015995:Prevalence; D011817:Rabbits; D012703:Serotyping; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D037521:Virulence Factors
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