| Carriage of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli by native marsupials in Australia. | Shiga-toxigenic strains of Escherichia coli (STEC) are zoonotic pathogens with human health, meat processing and trade impacts. Cattle are the principal reservoirs of STEC, although other animals can be carriers. The STEC status of Australian native marsupials has not been formatively described to date. The aim of the current study was to investigate carriage of STEC by native Australian marsupials in Southeast Queensland. Faeces from a variety of marsupial species, stratified by gastrointestina ... | 2011 | 21917387 |
| evaluation of bacteroides markers for the detection of human faecal pollution. | this paper reports on the results of a study aimed at evaluating the specificity and sensitivity of human-specific hf183 and hf134 bacteroides markers in various host groups and their utility to detect human faecal pollution in storm water samples collected from nonsewered catchments in southeast queensland, australia. | 2008 | 18028325 |
| a longitudinal study of shiga-toxigenic escherichia coli (stec) prevalence in three australian diary herds. | over a 12 month period, 588 cattle faecal samples and 147 farm environmental samples from three dairy farms in southeast queensland were examined for the presence of shiga-toxigenic escherichia coli (stec). samples were screened for shiga toxin gene (stx) using pcr. samples positive for stx were filtered onto hydrophobic grid membrane filters and stec identified and isolated using colony hybridisation with a stx-specific dna probe. serotyping was performed to identify serogroups commonly associa ... | 2000 | 10665540 |
| serotypes of verotoxin-producing (shiga toxin-producing) escherichia coli isolated from healthy sheep. | using pcr techniques shiga toxin-producing strains of escherichia coli were isolated from the faeces of 45 out of 101 healthy sheep. these strains were serotyped and found to include o5:h-, o91:h- and o163:h19, which had previously been reported as being associated with human disease including haemolytic uraemic syndrome. | 2000 | 10660253 |
| shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli in sheep and pre-slaughter lambs in eastern australia. | sheep and lambs from 14 farms in southern queensland and one from central new south wales were surveyed to determine the prevalence of shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli (stec). stec, isolated from 45% of 144 sheep faeces collected on the farms and 36% of 72 lamb faeces from abattoir yards, were tested for the presence of genes encoding virulence factors. most (64%) of the 117 stec isolates contained shiga toxin 1 and 2 genes, 22% contained those encoding shiga toxin 1, and 14% contained gen ... | 1999 | 10347885 |
| bioanalytical tools for the evaluation of organic micropollutants during sewage treatment, water recycling and drinking water generation. | a bioanalytical test battery was used for monitoring organic micropollutants across an indirect potable reuse scheme testing sites across the complete water cycle from sewage to drinking water to assess the efficacy of different treatment barriers. the indirect potable reuse scheme consists of seven treatment barriers: (1) source control, (2) wastewater treatment plant, (3) microfiltration, (4) reverse osmosis, (5) advanced oxidation, (6) natural environment in a reservoir and (7) drinking water ... | 2011 | 21704353 |