PCR Primers for Screening Food for Verotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli, Inclusive of Three vt1 and Seven vt2 Subtypes.

Abstract: Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC; also known as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli) is a significant cause of foodborne illnesses around the world. Due to the serological and genomic diversity of VTEC, methods of detection for VTEC in food samples require detection of verotoxin or its gene vt (also known as stx).