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Identification of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from infants and children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
9 Aug 2007
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BACKGROUND: Relatively few studies have been done in Tanzania to detect and classify diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) strains among children with diarrhea. This study aimed at investigating DEC among children in Dar es Salaam aged less than five years hospitalized due to acute/persistent diarrhea. METHODS: DEC were isolated from stool samples collected from two hundred and eighty children with...
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