Water is vital to agriculture. It is essential that the water used for the production of fresh
produce commodities be safe. Microbial pathogens are able to survive for extended periods …

Epidemiological evidence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections
associated with the consumption of contaminated pork highlight the need for increased …

This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease
Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring and surveillance …

Shiga toxin (Stx) is the definitive virulence factor of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
(STEC). Stx variants are currently organized into a taxonomic system of three Stx1 (a, c, and …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) consists of diverse strains differing in genetic
make-up and virulence potential. To better understand the pathogenicity potential of STEC …

The development of technology for the rapid, automated identification of bacterial culture
isolates can help regulatory agencies to shorten response times in food safety surveillance …

This report by the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease
Prevention and Control presents the results of the zoonoses monitoring and surveillance …

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not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture …

Culture-independent metagenomic sequencing of enriched agricultural water could
expedite the detection and virulotyping of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) …

Many of the current accredited methods for the molecular detection of Shiga toxin-producing
Escherichia coli (STEC) in foods rely on a PCR-based screen for the pathotype-specific …