A long-term study on the prevalence of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) on four German cattle farms.

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Published in Epidemiol Infect on August 01, 2002

Authors

L Geue1, M Segura-Alvarez, F J Conraths, T Kuczius, J Bockemühl, H Karch, P Gallien

Author Affiliations

1: Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere, Institut für epidemiologische Diagnostik, Wusterhausen, Germany.

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