Isolation and Characteristics of Shiga Toxin 2f-Producing Escherichia coli among Pigeons in Kyushu, Japan

• Koichi Murakami ,

  * E-mail: murakami@fihes.pref.fukuoka.jp

  Affiliation Department of Health Science, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Yoshiki Etoh,

  Affiliation Department of Health Science, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Sachiko Ichihara,

  Affiliation Department of Health Science, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Eriko Maeda,

  Affiliation Department of Health Science, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Shigeyuki Takenaka,

  Affiliation Department of Health Science, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Kazumi Horikawa,

  Affiliation Department of Health Science, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Hiroshi Narimatsu,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Oita Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Oita, Oita, Japan

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• Kimiko Kawano,

  Affiliation Miyazaki Prefectural Institute for Public Health and Environment, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Yoshiaki Kawamura,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Kenitiro Ito

  Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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