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Role of farm animals in the epidemiology of verotoxin-producing escherichia coli infection to man / Mudar Abdelazim Mohamed Ismail ; Supervised Maher A. Siam , Nahed H. Ghoneim , Khaled A. Abdelmoein

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cairo : Mudar Abdelazim Mohamed Ismail , 2014Description: 108P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cmOther title:
  • دور حيوانات المزرعة في وبائية اصابة الإنسان بالميكروب القولوني المنتج للفيروتوكسين [Added title page title]
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Dissertation note: Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Zoonoses Summary: Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) is a zoonotic pathogen that causes diarrheal disease in humans which may progress to serious complications and death. In this study we investigated the occurrence of VTEC in farm animals and humans in some localities in Egypt. A total of 721 samples that included 463 faecal and 132 milk samples were collected from buffaloes, cattle, sheep and goats as 40, 155, 192 and 76 faecal samples and 30, 33, 34 and 35 milk samples, respectively. Also included 96 carcass swabs that were collected from slaughtered buffaloes and dairy cows. Also 30 faecal samples were collected from diarrheic calves in a dairy farm with suspected VTEC outbreak. On the other hand, 100 humans{u2019} stool specimens were obtained from 42 and 51 patients living in urban and rural areas, respectively, and 7 apparently healthy workers in the dairy farm with suspected VTEC ourbreak
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Thesis Thesis قاعة الرسائل الجامعية - الدور الاول المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة Cai01.10.18.M.Sc.2014.Mu.R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 01010110065422000
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Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Zoonoses

Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) is a zoonotic pathogen that causes diarrheal disease in humans which may progress to serious complications and death. In this study we investigated the occurrence of VTEC in farm animals and humans in some localities in Egypt. A total of 721 samples that included 463 faecal and 132 milk samples were collected from buffaloes, cattle, sheep and goats as 40, 155, 192 and 76 faecal samples and 30, 33, 34 and 35 milk samples, respectively. Also included 96 carcass swabs that were collected from slaughtered buffaloes and dairy cows. Also 30 faecal samples were collected from diarrheic calves in a dairy farm with suspected VTEC outbreak. On the other hand, 100 humans{u2019} stool specimens were obtained from 42 and 51 patients living in urban and rural areas, respectively, and 7 apparently healthy workers in the dairy farm with suspected VTEC ourbreak

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