Prevalence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli as Detected by Enzyme-Linked Immunoassays and Real-Time PCR during the Summer Months in Northern Alberta, Canada
- 1 December 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 49 (12) , 4307-4310
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.05211-11
Abstract
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in northern Alberta was detected using two enzyme immunoassays and an in-house real-time PCR. Of 2,328 stool samples, 8 were positive for O157:H7 STEC and 13 were positive for non-O157 STEC. No significant gender ( P = 0.17) or age ( P = 0.81) differences between groups were seen. Most positive diarrheal stool samples were nonbloody.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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