ISOLATION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7 FROM FECAL SAMPLES OF COWS IN VIETNAM

NOBORU NAKASONE Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan; National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam; Seihi Public Health Center, Nagasaki, Japan

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HOANG HUY TRAN Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan; National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam; Seihi Public Health Center, Nagasaki, Japan

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MINH BINE NGUYEN Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan; National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam; Seihi Public Health Center, Nagasaki, Japan

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NAOMI HIGA Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan; National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam; Seihi Public Health Center, Nagasaki, Japan

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CLAUDIA TOMA Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan; National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam; Seihi Public Health Center, Nagasaki, Japan

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TIANYAN SONG Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan; National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam; Seihi Public Health Center, Nagasaki, Japan

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YOSHIO ICHINOSE Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan; National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam; Seihi Public Health Center, Nagasaki, Japan

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MASAAKI IWANAGA Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan; National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam; Seihi Public Health Center, Nagasaki, Japan

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.586
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Volume 73: Issue 3
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586–587
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 was isolated for the first time in Vietnam. Shiga toxin–producing E. coli were isolated from 8 of 100 cows examined. The two strains showing serotype O157:H7 carried the eae, ehxA, and stx2c genes, but the other six were negative for the eae gene.

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Copyright 2005 The American Society of Tropical Medicine 2005
Received:
11 Mar 2005
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Accepted:
30 Mar 2005
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Published Online:
Sep 2005
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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