Recent O-antigen diversification masks highly pathogenic STEC O104:H4

Author(s): Lang C, Fruth A, Campbell IW, Jenkins C, Smith P, Strockbine N, Weill FX, Nübel U, Grad YH, Waldor MK, Flieger AJournal: bioRxiv October 2022
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) can give rise to a range of clinical outcomes from diarrhea to the life-threatening systemic…

Genomic epidemiology of the Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreaks in Europe, 2011.

Author(s): Grad YH, Lipsitch M, Feldgarden M, Arachchi HM, Cerqueira GC, FitzGerald M, Godfrey P, Haas BJ, Murphy CI, Russ C, Sykes S, Walker BJ, Wortman JR, Young S, Zeng Q, Abouelleil A, Bochicchio J, Chauvin S, Desmet T, Gujja S, McCowan C, Montmayeur A, Steelman S, Frimodt-Møller J, Petersen AM, Struve C, Krogfelt KA, Bingen E, Weill FX, Lander ES, Nusbaum C, Birren BW, Hung DT, Hanage WPJournal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S APMID: 22315421 February 2012
The degree to which molecular epidemiology reveals information about the sources and transmission patterns of an outbreak depends on the…