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Enteropathogenic and Enterohemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> Virulence Gene Regulation
19 Jun 2007
Abstract excerpt
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide (18, 60, 63). Though these E. coli pathotypes are genetically related, many features of their epidemiology, their pathogenesis, and the niches they occupy within the human host are unique. EPEC causes profuse watery diarrhea, primarily in children under the age of 2 years, and mostly...
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