Surveillance for enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli associated with human diarrhoea in South Africa, 2006-2009

J Med Microbiol. 2011 May;60(Pt 5):681-683. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.022947-0. Epub 2011 Jan 13.

Authors

Anthony M Smith^{1

2}, Nomsa P Tau², Arvinda Sooka², Karen H Keddy^{1

2}, For The Group For Enteric Respiratory And Meningeal Disease Surveillance In South Africa Germs-Sa

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Enteric Diseases Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.

PMID: 21233292
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.022947-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cattle / microbiology
Child, Preschool
Diarrhea, Infantile / epidemiology
Diarrhea, Infantile / microbiology
Disease Reservoirs / microbiology
Dysentery / epidemiology
Dysentery / microbiology
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / drug effects
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / genetics
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / pathogenicity
Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
Genes, Bacterial
Humans
Infant
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
South Africa
Virulence / genetics