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Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli diarrhoea in children in Tehran.
Annals of tropical paediatrics - 1 Mar 2005
Salmanzadeh-Ahrabi Siavosh, Habibi Effat, Jaafari Fereshteh, Zali Mohammad-Reza
Abstract excerpt
From July to December 2003, four categories of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli were investigated in Tehranian children with acute diarrhoea. Stool specimens of children under 5 years of age with diarrhoea (n=200) and matched controls (n=200) without diarrhoea were studied for the presence of entero-aggregative (EAEC), enteropathogenic (EPEC), enterotoxigenic (ETEC) and Shiga toxin-producing (STEC) E. coli by PCR...
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