Food contamination by pathogenic microorganisms has been a serious public health
problem and a cause of huge economic losses worldwide. Foodborne pathogenic …

Microbiological analysis of food is an integrated part of microbial safety management in the
food chain. Monitoring and controlling foodborne pathogens are traditionally carried out by …

Knowledge about the epidemiologic profile of circulating serogroups of Shigella and an
understanding of its pathobiology as well as of the virulence genes is important for the …

Aims: This study was designed to isolate Shigella spp. strains from food and stool samples
by a combination of PCR and culture methods and characterize their serotypes, antibiotic …

We investigated the prevalence of the virulence genes specific for five major pathogroups of
diarrheagenic E scherichia coli (DEC) in primary cultures from feces of animals slaughtered …

To control the water pollution in the Pearl River Estuary (PRE), a series of measures have
been enacted in recent years. The efficacy of these measures on water quality improvement …

Aims: The aim of this study was to develop a real‐time PCR test for differentiation between
Shigella spp. and E. coli, in particular enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC). Methods and …

Shigella, the globally distributed causative agent of bacillary dysentery, is an important
microbial contamination in raw and ready-to-eat foods. The recent commercial use of phage …

McNemar's test and the Pearson Chi-square were used to assess the co-detection and
observed frequency, respectively, for potentially virulent E. coli genes in river water …

A real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay, amplifying the genes encoding lactose
permease (lacY) and invasion plasmid antigen H (ipaH), was run on 121 isolates …