Prevalence of faecal excretion of verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli 0157 in cattle in England and Wales
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- 20 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Veterinary Record
- Vol. 153 (12) , 347-353
Abstract
During the decade to 1999, the incidence of human infections with the zoonotic pathogen verocytotoxinproducing Escherichia coli 0157 (VTEC 0157) increased in England and Wales. This paper describes t...Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (020138)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government
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