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Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012
Dispatch

Escherichia coli O104:H4 Infections and International Travel

David C. Alexander, Weilong Hao, Matthew W. Gilmour, Sandra Zittermann, Alicia Sarabia, Roberto G. Melano, Analyn Peralta, Marina Lombos, Keisha Warren, Yuri Amatnieks, Evangeline Virey, Jennifer H. Ma, Frances B. Jamieson, Donald E. Low, and Vanessa AllenComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (D.C. Alexander, W. Hao, S. Zittermann, R.G. Melano, A. Peralta, M. Lombos, K. Warren, J.H. Ma, F.B. Jamieson, D.E. Low, V.G. Allen); University of Toronto, Toronto (D.C. Alexander, W. Hao, R.G. Melano, F.B. Jamieson, D.E. Low, V.G. Allen); Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto (W. Hao, K. Warren, D.E. Low); Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (M.W. Gilmour); Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (A. Sarabia, Y. Amatnieks, E. Virey)

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Comparison of Escherichia coli O104:H4 isolates from Ontario. A) The XbaI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profile of ON-2010 is distinct from those of ON-2011 and the outbreak strain from Germany. B) Optical mapping (NcoI) patterns reveal genomic similarities and differences between ON-2010, ON-2011, and the O104:H4 strain 55989. Blue, heterogeneity in siderophore biosynthesis region; red, strain-specific insertion of TetR-containing prophage.

Figure.  Comparison of Escherichia coli O104:H4 isolates from Ontario. A) The XbaI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profile of ON-2010 is distinct from those of ON-2011 and the outbreak strain from Germany. B) Optical mapping (NcoI) patterns reveal genomic similarities and differences between ON-2010, ON-2011, and the O104:H4 strain 55989. Blue, heterogeneity in siderophore biosynthesis region; red, strain-specific insertion of TetR-containing prophage.

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