Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) promise to advance a number of real-world technologies. Of
these applications, they are particularly attractive for uses in chemical sensors for …

The severity of human infection by one of the many Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
(STEC) is determined by a number of factors: the bacterial genome, the capacity of human …

E. coli's hardiness, versatility, broad palate and ease of handling have made it the most
intensively studied and best understood organism on the planet. However, research on E …

In this article we estimate the annual cost of illness and quality-adjusted life year (QALY)
loss in the United States caused by 14 of the 31 major foodborne pathogens reported on by …

This work is concerned with investigating the effect of substrate hydrophobicity and zeta
potential on the dynamics and kinetics of the initial stages of bacterial adhesion. For this …

Abstract Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7 is a major foodborne pathogen
causing severe disease in humans worldwide. Healthy cattle are a reservoir of E. coli O157 …

Infections with the Shiga toxin–producing bacterium Escherichia coli O157 can cause
severe illness and death. We summarized reported outbreaks of E. coli O157 infections in …

Each year, approximately 48 million people become ill from foodborne illnesses in the
United States. In only 20 percent of these cases (9.4 million illnesses) can a specific …

Background Activities such as swimming, paddling, motor-boating, and fishing are relatively
common on US surface waters. Water recreators have a higher rate of acute gastrointestinal …

Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) possesses virulence traits that allow it to
invade, colonize, and induce disease in bodily sites outside of the gastrointestinal tract …