Persistence of Escherichia coli O157 Isolates on Bovine Farms in England and Wales

We performed pulsed-field gel electrophoresis on Escherichia coli O157 isolates (n = 318) from 199 healthy animals in a longitudinal study carried out on nine farms. Investigation of the restriction types proved that at the farm level, the same clones can be detected on sampling occasions separated...

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Published inJournal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 898 - 902
Main Authors Liebana, Ernesto, Smith, Richard P, Batchelor, Miranda, McLaren, Ian, Cassar, Claire, Clifton-Hadley, Felicity A, Paiba, Giles A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.02.2005
Subjects
Agriculture
Animals
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Cattle - microbiology
Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
Disease Reservoirs
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
England
Escherichia coli O157 - classification
Escherichia coli O157 - genetics
Escherichia coli O157 - isolation & purification
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Infectious diseases
Longitudinal Studies
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Miscellaneous
Wales
England
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Europe
Wales
Vertebrata
Mammalia
Bovine
Microbiology
Escherichia coli
Bacteria
Isolate
Artiodactyla
Veterinary
Ungulata
Enterobacteriaceae
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Summary:We performed pulsed-field gel electrophoresis on Escherichia coli O157 isolates (n = 318) from 199 healthy animals in a longitudinal study carried out on nine farms. Investigation of the restriction types proved that at the farm level, the same clones can be detected on sampling occasions separated by as much as 17 months. The cohort animals were repeatedly sampled, and for some of these, the same clones were obtained on sampling occasions separated by as much as 8 months.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Veterinary Laboratories Agency—Weybridge, Department of Food and Environmental Safety, Woodham Lane, Addlestone, KT15 3NB Surrey, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 1932 357587. Fax: 44 1932 357595. E-mail: E.liebana@VLA.DEFRA.gsi.gov.UK.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.43.2.898-902.2005