date:Sep 17, 2013
st productivity come to around 600 million U.S. dollars per year, whereas costs to the food industry from product recalls and reduced trade can run to tens of millions of dollars.
Cattle are the main reservoir for E. coli O157, and two vaccines for the bacteria are now available, but cost and regulatory issues have hampered their widespread use.
In their study, researchers from the University of Glasgow and other U.K. institutions used veterinary, human surveillance, and molecular data to exam