Escherichia coli comprises a highly diverse group of Gram‐negative bacteria and is a
common member of the intestinal microflora of humans and animals. Generally, such …

Background Microbiological control with the development of robust methodologies has been
extensively studied in food science. However, equally important as reducing the microbial …

Summary The STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in
Epidemiology) statement was first published in 2007 and again in 2014. The purpose of the …

Infections due to Campylobacter, Escherichia coli and Salmonella pose a significant health
burden in Canada, resulting in major costs to the health care system and economic impacts …

New Zealand has a relatively high incidence of human cases of Shiga toxin-producing
Escherichia coli (STEC), with 8.9 STEC cases per 100,000 people reported in 2016 …

Super shedding occurs when a small number of individuals from a given host population
shed high levels of a pathogen. Beyond this general definition, various interpretations of the …

Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are zoonotic foodborne pathogens that are
capable of causing serious human illness. Ovine ruminants are recognized as an important …

A spatial data-driven stochastic model was developed to explore the spread of verotoxigenic
Escherichia coli O157 (VTEC O157) by livestock movements and local transmission among …

More than 250 different foodborne diseases have been described to date, annually affecting
about one-third of the world's population. The incidence of foodborne diseases has been …

Aims Dairy cattle shed pathogenic Escherichia coli O157 (O157) in faeces, playing a role in
human exposure. We aimed to measure faecal microbial communities in early lactation dairy …