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List of works by Stefano Morabito

A case of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) revealed an outbreak of Shiga toxin-2-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11 infection in a nursery, with long-lasting shedders and person-to-person transmission, Italy 2015.

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A mosaic pathogenicity island made up of the locus of enterocyte effacement and a pathogenicity island of Escherichia coli O157:H7 is frequently present in attaching and effacing E. coli

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A severe foodborne outbreak of diarrhoea linked to a canteen in Italy caused by enteroinvasive Escherichia coli, an uncommon agent

scientific article published on 13 February 2014

A tool based on Ligation Detection Reaction-Universal Array (LDR-UA) for the characterization of VTEC by identification of virulence-associated and serogroup-specific genes.

scientific article published on 20 October 2010

Application of the modular approach to an in-house validation study of real-time PCR methods for the detection and serogroup determination of verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

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Asymptomatic carriage of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 in farm workers in Northern Italy

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolated in Italy and in France

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Characterization of a novel plasmid encoding F4-like fimbriae present in a Shiga-toxin producing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated during the investigation on a case of hemolytic-uremic syndrome

scientific article published on 11 July 2018

Characterization of an emergent clone of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli circulating in Europe.

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Comparative analysis of metagenomes of Italian top soil improvers.

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Complete Genome Sequence of Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli O96:H19 Associated with a Severe Foodborne Outbreak

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Cytolethal distending toxin type I and type IV genes are framed with lambdoid prophage genes in extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli.

scientific article published on 3 November 2008

Defining pathogenic verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) from cases of human infection in the European Union, 2007-2010.

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Detection and characterization of class 1 integrons in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

scientific article published on January 2002

Detection and isolation of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains in caecal samples from pigs at slaughter in Italy

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

Detection of pathogenic Escherichia coli in samples collected at an abattoir in Zaria, Nigeria and at different points in the surrounding environment

scientific article published on 13 January 2015

Detection of toxB, a plasmid virulence gene of Escherichia coli O157, in enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic E. coli

scientific article published on August 2005

Development of a High Resolution Virulence Allelic Profiling (HReVAP) Approach Based on the Accessory Genome of Escherichia coli to Characterize Shiga-Toxin Producing E. coli (STEC).

scientific article published on 23 February 2016

Distribution, functional expression, and genetic organization of Cif, a phage-encoded type III-secreted effector from enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.

scientific article published on 14 September 2007

Effects of Megaplasmid Loss on Growth of Neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum Strains and Botulinum Neurotoxin Type E Expression.

scientific article published on 25 February 2016

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli: emerging issues on virulence and modes of transmission

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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H11/H-: a new virulent clone emerges in Europe

scientific article published in February 2013

Exploiting the explosion of information associated with whole genome sequencing to tackle Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in global food production systems.

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Free‐ranging red deer ( Cervus elaphus ) as carriers of potentially zoonotic Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli

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Genetic diversity of intimin genes of attaching and effacing Escherichia coli strains.

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Genomic Characterization of hlyF-positive Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli, Italy and the Netherlands, 2000-2019

scientific article published on 01 March 2021

Identification and characterization of a peculiar vtx2-converting phage frequently present in verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 isolated from human infections

scientific article published on 5 May 2014

Identification of two allelic variants of toxB gene and investigation of their distribution among Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli

scientific article (publication date: July 2014)

Investigation on the Evolution of Shiga Toxin-Converting Phages Based on Whole Genome Sequencing

scientific article published on 10 July 2020

Is Shiga Toxin-Negative Escherichia coli O157:H7 Enteropathogenic or Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli? Comprehensive Molecular Analysis Using Whole-Genome Sequencing.

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Isolation and characterisation of two novel coliphages with high potential to control antibiotic-resistant pathogenic Escherichia coli (EHEC and EPEC)

scientific article published on 21 December 2007

Lysogeny with Shiga toxin 2-encoding bacteriophages represses type III secretion in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.

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Metagenomic Characterization of the Human Intestinal Microbiota in Fecal Samples from STEC-Infected Patients

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

Molecular and phenotypic typing of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated in childhood acute diarrhea in Abuja, Nigeria

scientific article published on 31 July 2017

Molecular characterization of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli hemolysin gene (EHEC-hlyA)-harboring isolates from cattle reveals a diverse origin and hybrid diarrheagenic strains.

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Multicenter evaluation of a sequence-based protocol for subtyping Shiga toxins and standardizing Stx nomenclature

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OI-57, a genomic island of Escherichia coli O157, is present in other seropathotypes of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli associated with severe human disease

scientific article published on 7 September 2010

Pathogenic Escherichia coli and enteric viruses in biosolids and related top soil improvers in Italy.

scientific article published on 29 September 2016

Phylogenetic background and virulence genotype of ciprofloxacin-susceptible and ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli strains of human and avian origin.

scientific article published in April 2009

Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 in lambs at slaughter in Rome, central Italy.

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Production of the subtilase AB5 cytotoxin by Shiga toxin-negative Escherichia coli

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Public Health Microbiology of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli.

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Public health implications of a case of haemolytic-uraemic syndrome associated with a concomitant outbreak of mild gastroenteritis in a small rural community.

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Serotypes and intimin types of intestinal and faecal strains of eae+ Escherichia coli from weaned pigs

scientific article published on 2 December 2005

Shiga toxin-converting phages and the emergence of new pathogenic Escherichia coli: a world in motion

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Similarity of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 strains from Italy and Germany

scientific article published on October 2011

TccP2 of O157:H7 and non-O157 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC): challenging the dogma of EHEC-induced actin polymerization

scientific article published on 13 November 2006

The Gene tia, Harbored by the Subtilase-Encoding Pathogenicity Island, Is Involved in the Ability of Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Negative Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains To Invade Monolayers of Epithelial Cells.

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

The Intriguing Evolutionary Journey of Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) toward Pathogenicity.

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

The complete DNA sequence and analysis of the virulence plasmid and of five additional plasmids carried by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11 strain H30.

scientific article published on 5 January 2011

Tracing Back the Evolutionary Route of Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) and Shigella Through the Example of the Highly Pathogenic O96:H19 EIEC Clone

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Use of virulence determinants and seropathotypes to distinguish high- and low-risk Escherichia coli O157 and non-O157 isolates from Europe

scientific article published on 18 July 2013

Validation on milk and sprouts of EN ISO 16654:2001 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the detection of Escherichia coli O157

scientific article published on 08 May 2018

Whole genome sequence comparison of vtx2-converting phages from Enteroaggregative Haemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains

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Whole-Genome Characterization and Strain Comparison of VT2f-Producing Escherichia coli Causing Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

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