Phylogeographic analysis reveals multiple international transmission events have driven the global emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7.

Eelco Franz,Ovidiu Rotariu,Bruno S. Lopes,Marion MacRae,James L. Bono,Chad R. Laing,Victor P. J. Gannon,Robert Söderlund,Angela H.A.M. van Hoek,Ingrid Friesema,Neil French,Tessy George,Patrick J. Biggs,Patricia Jaros,Marta Rivas,Isabel Chinen,Josefina Campos,Cecilia Jernberg,Kari S. Gobius,Glen E. Mellor,P. Scott Chandry,Francisco J. Pérez-Reche,Ken J. Forbes,Norval James Colin Strachan

Phylogeographic analysis reveals multiple international transmission events have driven the global emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7.

2018

Shiga toxin-producing Escherchia coli O157:H7 is a zoonotic pathogen which causes numerous food and waterborne disease outbreaks. It is globally distributed but its origin and temporal sequence of geographical spread is unknown.

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Virology
Phylogeography
Waterborne diseases
Outbreak
Escherichia coli
Zoonotic pathogen
Whole genome sequencing
Medicine
Transmission (mechanics)
Genome
Shiga toxin
Pan-genome
Evolutionary biology

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