Abstract
Two isolates of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O104:H4 were isolated in France in 2004 and 2009. Both were characterized and compared to the strain which caused the German outbreak in 2011 and to other O104:H4 strains. This suggests that different O104:H4 EHEC strains were present several years prior to the 2011 outbreak.
MeSH terms
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / classification
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
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Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
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Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
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France / epidemiology
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Molecular Epidemiology
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Molecular Typing
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Retrospective Studies
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Serotyping