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HIGH PREVALENCE OF ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED IN A REMOTE REGION OF NORTHERN COASTAL ECUADOR
1 Mar 2007
Abstract excerpt
Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) causes dysentery; however, it is less widely reported than other etiological agents in studies of diarrhea worldwide. Between August 2003 and July 2005, stool samples were collected in case-control studies in 22 rural communities in northwestern Ecuador. Infection was assessed by PCR specific for LT and STa genes of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), the bfp gene of...
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