Publications
Chosen filters:
Chosen filters:
Effect of vaccination of pigs against experimental infection with high and low virulence Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strains Ghent University
Virulence profiling and quantification of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O145:H28 and O26:H11 isolated during an ice cream-related hemolytic uremic syndrome outbreak Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food University of Antwerp Ghent University
In September-October 2007, a mixed-serotype outbreak of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) O145:H28 and O26:H11 occurred in the province of Antwerp, Belgium. Five girls aged between 2 and 11 years developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, and seven other coexposed persons with bloody diarrhea were identified. Laboratory confirmation of O145:H28 infection was obtained for three hemolytic uremic syndrome patients, one of whom was ...
Antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes of non-typhoidal Salmonella isolates in The Gambia and Senegal Institute of Tropical Medicine
INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of virulence genes in non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) and its association with commonly used antibiotics in West Africa is unknown. METHODOLOGY: We tested 185 NTS isolates from children, animals, and food products for the presence of twelve virulence genes by PCR. Ten of the virulence genes tested belonged to the five Salmonella pathogenicity islands implicated in its pathogenesis. RESULTS: Ten of twelve virulence ...
Virulence in Trypanosoma congolense Savannah subgroup. A comparison between strains and transmission cycles Institute of Tropical Medicine
Trypanosoma congolense strains have been shown to differ in their virulence both between subgroups and within the Savannah subgroup between strains. This review revisits these findings and complements them with information on the virulence of T. congolense Savannah subgroup strains isolated from cattle (domestic transmission cycle) in different geographical areas and of strains isolated in protected areas where trypanotolerant wildlife species ...