Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O80:H2 in Young Calves with Diarrhea, Belgium

Abstract

Serogroup O80 was detected in 40% of 104 enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from calves with diarrhea from 42 farms in Belgium during 2008‒2015. These isolates harbored the eae-ξ and fliCH2 genes, similar to the O80 attaching-effacing Shigatoxigenic E. coli isolates found in humans in France. This strain might be emerging.

Keywords

• diarrheic calves
• enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
• serotype O80:H2
• eaeξ gene
• bacteria
• Escherichia coli