A Novel Shiga Toxin 1a-Converting Bacteriophage of Shigella sonnei With Close Relationship to Shiga Toxin 2-Converting Pages of Escherichia coli-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Novel Shiga Toxin 1a-Converting Bacteriophage of Shigella sonnei With Close Relationship to Shiga Toxin 2-Converting Pages of Escherichia coli

Published:2016 Issue:2 Volume:3 Page:
ISSN:2328-8957
Container-title:Open Forum Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Carter Christoph C.¹²,Fierer Joshua¹²,Chiu Wei Wei¹²,Looney David J.¹²,Strain Matthew¹²,Mehta Sanjay R.¹²

Affiliation:

1. University of California San Diego

2. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, California

Abstract

Abstract In recent studies, strains of non-dysenteriae 1 Shigella (NDS) expressing Shiga toxin have been reported. In this study, we report a novel stx1a-converting bacteriophage of Shigella sonnei associated with travel to Mexico. Phylogenetic comparison between this and other stx-converting phages suggests that toxigenic NDS strains have arisen through separate horizontal transfer events from toxigenic Escherichia coli.

Funder

National Institutes of Health

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Oncology

Link

http://academic.oup.com/ofid/article-pdf/3/2/ofw079/33604161/ofw079.pdf

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