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Diversity of intestinal Escherichia coli populations in Nicaraguan children with and without diarrhoea.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Dec 2009
Reyes Daniel, Vilchez Samuel, Paniagua Margarita, Colque Patricia, Weintraub Andrej, Möllby Roland, Kühn Inger
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli remains an important aetiological agent of infantile diarrhoea in Nicaragua. However, little is known about whether there is a high prevalence of endemic strains or whether infection is due to the epidemic spread of virulent clones. This study was undertaken to determine the diversity and distribution of clonal groups in a population of intestinal E. coli isolated from the faeces of children from...
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