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Bergamini,Alzira Maria Morato; Simões,Marise; Irino,Kinue; Gomes,Tânia Aparecida Tardelli; Guth,Beatriz Ernestina Cabilio. |
This study aims to assess the prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in ground beef collected in two cities located in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. A total of 250 samples of raw ground beef were collected in local grocery stores during the period of March to December 2002 in the cities of Ribeirão Preto (114 samples) and Campinas (136 samples), São Paulo State, Brazil. The samples were processed according to standard methods. The resulting 591 E.coli colonies were screened for STEC by hybridization assays using the specific DNA probes, stx1,stx2 and eae. Further characterization of STEC isolates included the search for the ehxA sequence, detection of enterohemolysin and expression of Shiga toxin using the Vero cell assay. STEC... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Escherichia coli; Shiga toxin; STEC; Serotypes; Ground beef. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822007000300032 |
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