TY - JOUR AU - Zhu, Yinchu AU - Dong, Wenyang AU - Ma, Jiale AU - Yuan, Lvfeng AU - Hejair, Hassan M.A. AU - Pan, Zihao AU - Liu, Guangjin AU - Yao, Huochun PY - 2017 DA - 2017/04/08 TI - Characterization and virulence clustering analysis of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from swine in China JO - BMC Veterinary Research SP - 94 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Swine extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) is an important pathogen that leads to economic and welfare costs in the swine industry worldwide, and is occurring with increasing frequency in China. By far, various virulence factors have been recognized in ExPEC. Here, we investigated the virulence genotypes and clonal structure of collected strains to improve the knowledge of phylogenetic traits of porcine ExPECs in China. SN - 1746-6148 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-017-0975-x DO - 10.1186/s12917-017-0975-x ID - Zhu2017 ER -