This review surveys the literature on carriage and transmission of enterohemorrhagic
Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157: H7 in the context of virulence factors and sampling/culture …

The objective of this review is to highlight the importance of cattle in human disease due to
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and to discuss features of STEC that are …

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) constitute a subset of serotypes (E. coli O157
and some other serogroups) of Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing E. coli (STEC) firmly associated …

Escherichia coli strains that carry Shiga toxin genes are commonly isolated from the
gastrointestinal tract of a wide variety of animal species (Table 1). Intestinal carriage of most …

This review examines the prevalence of three important pathogens, verocytotoxigenic
Escherichia coli (VTEC), Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes, in cattle and beef …

The main objective of this review was to assess the role of dairy cattle and their products in
human infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). A large number of …

A large number of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains have caused
major outbreaks and sporadic cases of human illnesses, including mild diarrhea, bloody …

We identified different diarrheagenic (DEC) Escherichia coli pathotypes isolated from 1,207
children with and without acute endemic diarrhea in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil collected as part …

Between July 1999 and December 2000, the prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing
Escherichia coli (STEC) was established in 200 Argentine healthy young beef steers (14–16 …

In order to determine the occurrence, serotypes and virulence markers of Shiga toxin-
producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains, 153 fecal samples of cattle randomly selected …