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Molecular Analysis as an Aid To Assess the Public Health Risk of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains

Brian K. Coombes, Mark E. Wickham, Mariola Mascarenhas, Samantha Gruenheid, B. Brett Finlay, Mohamed A. Karmali
Brian K. Coombes
1Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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3Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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2Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Samantha Gruenheid
4Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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3Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02566-07
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02566-07
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18245257

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  • Received November 14, 2007
  • Accepted January 21, 2008
  • Published online March 25, 2008.

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  1. Brian K. Coombes1,2*†,
  2. Mark E. Wickham3†§,
  3. Mariola Mascarenhas2,
  4. Samantha Gruenheid4,
  5. B. Brett Finlay3 and
  6. Mohamed A. Karmali2
  1. 1Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  2. 2Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
  3. 3Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  4. 4Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • ↵† B.K.C. and M.E.W. contributed equally to this study.

  • ↵* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Health Sciences Centre 4H17, 1200 Main St. West, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada. Phone: (905) 525-9140, ext. 22159. Fax: (905) 522-9033. E-mail: coombes{at}mcmaster.ca
  • ↵§ Present address: Phillips, Ormonde, and Fitzpatrick, Melbourne, Australia.

  • ‡ Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://aem.asm.org/ .

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Molecular Analysis as an Aid To Assess the Public Health Risk of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains
Brian K. Coombes, Mark E. Wickham, Mariola Mascarenhas, Samantha Gruenheid, B. Brett Finlay, Mohamed A. Karmali
Applied and Environmental Microbiology Mar 2008, 74 (7) 2153-2160; DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02566-07

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Molecular Analysis as an Aid To Assess the Public Health Risk of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains
Brian K. Coombes, Mark E. Wickham, Mariola Mascarenhas, Samantha Gruenheid, B. Brett Finlay, Mohamed A. Karmali
Applied and Environmental Microbiology Mar 2008, 74 (7) 2153-2160; DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02566-07
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Escherichia coli infections
Genomic Islands
hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli
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