Open AccessShiga Toxin Gene-Containing Escherichia coli from Cattle and Diarrheic Children in the Pastoral Systems of Southwestern Uganda
Author(s) -
Samuel Majalija,
Heidi Segal,
Francis Ejobi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01995-07
Subject(s) - intimin , escherichia coli , shiga toxin , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , shiga like toxin , serotype , virology , toxin , gene , enterobacteriaceae , genetics
Shiga toxin-producingEscherichia coli (STEC) strains from cattle and diarrheic children in a pastoralist community in Uganda were investigated. The STEC strains belonged to a variety of different serogroups, and 70% of the strains were positive for the intimin gene,eae . STEC strains from two of the children were closely related to bovine strains.