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The enterotoxigenicity of strains of Escherichia coli isolated from the faeces of healthy people and cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

K. A. Bettelheim  and
M. W. Wilson
K. A. Bettelheim
Affiliation:
National Health Institute, Department of Health, P.O. Box 7126, Wellington South, New Zealand
M. W. Wilson
Affiliation:
National Health Institute, Department of Health, P.O. Box 7126, Wellington South, New Zealand
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In this study 197 strains of Escherichia coli isolated from cowpats and the faeces of healthy humans were examined for the presence of enterotoxins. Six strains representing five different serotypes were found to be enterotoxigenic. Four of these strains produced the heat labile enterotoxin and two, the Vero cell cytotoxin.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 121 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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