Titre : | An epidemiological study on verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) infection among population of northern region of Iran (Mazandaran and Golestan provinces). (2003) |
Auteurs : | MOHAMMAD MEHDI ASLANI (.) : IRN. Microbiology Department. Pasteur Institue of Iran. Tehran. ; BOUZARI (Saeid) : IRN. Molecular biology Unit. Pasteur Institue of Iran. Tehran. |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 18, n° 4, 2003) |
Pagination : | 345-349 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Escherichia coli ; Bactérie ; Epidémiologie ; Toxine ; Homme ; Iran ; Asie ; Prévalence ; Diarrhée ; Bactériose ; Infection ; Etude régionale ; Appareil digestif [pathologie] ; Intestin [pathologie] |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS e8NQR0xn. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Faecal samples from 3268 randomly selected inhabitants of two provinces in the northern region of Iran were screened to detect Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) using colony sweep polymyxin-B extraction method. Non-sorbitol fermentation phenotype and slide agglutination with 0157 and H7 antisera used to detect this serotype. We found that 0.7% of the population were infected with VTEC, however none of the isolates belonged to O157 : H7 serotype. We also found that children |