Detection and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in feral pigeons.

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Published in Vet Microbiol on September 28, 2001

Authors

S Morabito1, G Dell'Omo, U Agrimi, H Schmidt, H Karch, T Cheasty, A Caprioli

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratorio di Medicina Veterinaria, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Rome, Italy.

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