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Prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in water sources: an overview on associated diseases, outbreaks and detection methods.

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Traditional cultural methods, immunological techniques, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods for detection of this bacterium in water sources are described and can be applied for regular water monitoring and proper management of water sources to prevent waterborne diseases due to E. coli O157:H7.
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This article is published in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease.The article was published on 2015-07-01. It has received 90 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Waterborne diseases.

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Recent developments in detection and enumeration of waterborne bacteria: a retrospective minireview

TL;DR: Rapid methods for rapid detection and quantification of waterborne pathogenic bacteria in water are sensitive, specific, time‐effective, and important in prevention and diagnosis ofWaterborne bacterial diseases.
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Novel impedimetric aptasensor for label-free detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7

TL;DR: A novel label-free impedimetric aptasensor for detection and quantification of pathogenic E. coli O157:H7 with a low detection limit, good selectivity and short detection time is reported.
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Performance of ceramic disk filter coated with nano ZnO for removing Escherichia coli from water in small rural and remote communities of developing regions.

TL;DR: The reduction of E. coli using ceramic water disk coated with nano ZnO was investigated to find a safe and cost-effective approach to solve drinking water problems in small rural and remote communities of developing regions.
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Application of Aptamer-Based Biosensor for Rapid Detection of Pathogenic Escherichia coli.

TL;DR: The latest advances in screening of aptamers for E. coli are presented, and the problems and new trends in these aptamer-based biosensors for rapid detection of pathogenic microorganism are discussed.
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Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology

TL;DR: BCL3 and Sheehy cite Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology of which systematic bacteriology, first edition, is an expansion.
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Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States—Major Pathogens

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Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli

TL;DR: The current level of understanding of the pathogenesis of the diarrheagenic E. coli strains is discussed and how their pathogenic schemes underlie the clinical manifestations, diagnostic approach, and epidemiologic investigation of these important pathogens are described.
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Pathogenic Escherichia coli

TL;DR: Few microorganisms are as versatile as Escherichia coli; it can also be a highly versatile, and frequently deadly, pathogen.
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