Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

The Rabbit as a New Reservoir Host of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Alexis García*

and James G. Fox*

Author affiliations: *Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Serotypes, biochemical, and molecular characterization of Escherichia coli strains isolated from laboratory rabbits

Source	Rabbit	Serotype	API code	stx1	stx2 and variants	eae
A	DB 01-204	O153:H-	5144162	+	-	+
		O145:H-	5144552	-	-	+
A	DB 01-206	O145:H-	5144552	-	-	+
A	DB 01-207	O7:H-	5144572	-	-	-
A	DB 01-208	O7:H-	5144572	-	-	-
A	DB 01-210	O7:H-	5144572	-	-	-
A	DB 01-211	O7:H-	5144572	-	-	-
A	DB 02-171	O8:H-	5144572	-	-	-
		O145:H-	5144572	-	-	+
A	DB 02-181	O145:H-	5144572	-	-	+
		O145:H-	5144672	-	-	+
		O145:H-	4144572	-	-	+
A	DB 02-182	O145:H-	5144572	-	-	+
		O7:HM, O141:HM	5144572	-	-	-
A	DB 02-174	O153:H-	5144542	+	-	+
A	DB 02-175	O138:HM	5144572	-	-	-
		O153:H-	5144542	+	-	+
A	DB 02-172	O153:H-	5144542	+	-	+
A	DB 02-169	O103:H2	5144572	-	-	-
A	DB 02-177	O145:H-	5144572	-	-	+
		A:H-	5144142	+	-	+
		O145:H-	5144172	-	-	+
A	DB 02-173	O145:H-	5144572	-	-	+
A	DB 02-183	O153:H-	5144572	+	-	+
		O153:H-	5144542	+	-	+
A	DB 02-176	O7:H-, O141:H-	5144572	-	-	-
A	DB 02-179	O153:H7	5144542	+	-	+
A	DB 02-2413	O145:H-	5144572	-	-	+
A	DB 02-2368	O145:H-	5144572	-	-	+
A	DB 02-10032	O145:H-	5144572	-	-	+
A	DB 02-206	O145:H-	5144572	-	-	+
		O145:H7	5144572	-	-	+
A	DB 02-207	O145:H-	5144572	-	-	+
		O145:H-	5144172	-	-	+
		O145:H7	5144572	-	-	+
A	DB 02-208	O153:H-	5144542	+	-	+
A	DB 02-209	O8:H44	5144572	-	-	-
A	DB 02-210	M:H-	7144172	-	-	-
		O75:H-	5144172	-	-	-
A	DB 02-212	O145:H-	5144572	-	-	+
A	NZW 02-153	O7:H7	5144572	-	-	-
A	NZW 02-186	O7:H7	5144572	-	-	-
A	NZW 02-187	O7:H7	5144572	-	-	-
A	NZW 02-188	O7:H7	5144572	-	-	-
A	NZW 02-198	NT:H7	5144572	-	-	-
A	NZW 02-199	O7:H7	5144572	-	-	-
A	NZW 02-218	O86:H7	5144572	-	-	-
A	NZW 02-222	O7:H7	7144573	-	-	-
A	NZW 02-223	M:H7	7144572	-	-	-
A	NZW 02-225	O7:H7	5144572	-	-	-
		O145:H-	5144572	-	-	-
A	NZW 02-227	O153:H-	5144542	+	-	-
		O153:H7	5144542	+	-	-
B	DB 02-228	O75:H-	5144172	-	-	-
B	DB 02-231	O7:H7	5144572	-	-	-
B	DB 02-232	O7:H7	5144572	-	-	-
B	DB 02-233	O7:H7	5144572	-	-	-

DB, Dutch Belted; NZW, New Zealand White; A, autoagglutination; M, multiple; NT, did not react with antisera