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Wild Ungulates as Disseminators of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Urban Areas

BACKGROUND: In 2008, children playing on a soccer field in Colorado were sickened with a strain of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7, which was ultimately linked to feces from wild Rocky Mountain elk. We addressed whether wild cervids were a potential source of STEC infections in...

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Autores principales: Franklin, Alan B., VerCauteren, Kurt C., Maguire, Hugh, Cichon, Mary K., Fischer, Justin W., Lavelle, Michael J., Powell, Amber, Root, J. Jeffrey, Scallan, Elaine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349083
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081512