Pathogenic Escherichia coli in Latin America

Author(s): Antonio F Pestana de Castro, Adriana Bentancor, Elsa C Mercado, Angel Cataldi and Alberto E Parma

DOI: 10.2174/978160805192211001010223

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Escherichia coli Animal Reservoirs, Transmission Route and Animal Disease

Pp: 223-248 (26)

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

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Pathogenic Escherichia coli comprise several pathotypes which are able to carry out different manifestations in animals and humans. Some strains cause zoonotic diseases, affecting both animals and humans, while others use the animal as a carrier only, becoming pathogenic for it only circumstantially. A greater understanding of the role of reservoirs, virulence characteristics of the E. coli strains they carry, and transmission routes is necessary for developing methods of epidemiology, control and prevent infectious diseases caused by E. coli.

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