United States Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
9-1998
Citation
Infection And Immunity, 66(9): Sept. 1998, P. 4560–4563
Abstract
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strains require intimin to induce attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions in newborn piglets. Infection of newborn calves with intimin-positive or intimin-negative EHEC O157: H7 demonstrated that intimin is needed for colonization, A/E lesions, and disease in cattle. These results suggest that experiments to determine if intimin-based vaccines reduce O157:H7 levels in cattle are warranted.