Guidance Documents
- Guidance for the public health management of Escherichia coli O157 and other shiga toxin-producing (STEC) infections
Published December 2018 by Health Protection Scotland
- Guidance on the management of outbreaks of foodborne illness in Scotland
Published February 2024 by Food Standards Scotland
Selected Publications
- Applying phylogenomics to understand the emergence of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains causing severe human disease in the UK
Published in Microbial Genomics September 2015 | DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000029
- Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 Phage Type 32 linked to the consumption of venison products
Published in Epidemiology & Infection July 2018 | DOI: 10.1017/S0950268818001784
- Rapid and robust analytical protocol for E. coli STEC bacteria subspecies differentiation using whole cell MALDI mass spectrometry
Published in The International Journal of Pure and Applied Analytical Chemistry May 2018 | DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.01.055
- Utility of Whole-Genome Sequencing of Escherichia coli O157 for Outbreak Detection and Epidemiological Surveillance
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology October 2015 | DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01066-15
- Validation of Whole-Genome Sequencing for Identification and Characterization of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli To Produce Standardized Data To Enable Data Sharing
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology February 2015 | DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01388-17
- Whole Genome Sequencing demonstrates that Geographic Variation of Escherichia coli O157 Genotypes Dominates Host Association
Published in Scientific Reports October 2015 | DOI: 10.1038/srep14145
- Whole Genome Sequence Typing and Analysis of Non-O157 STEC
Published February 2020 by Food Standards Scotland