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Genotypic characterization of Egypt enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolates expressing coli surface antigen 6.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 15 Feb 2013
El-Gendy Atef M, Mansour Adel, Shaheen Hind I, Monteville Marshall R, Armstrong Adam W, El-Sayed Nasr, Young Sylvia Y N, Klena John D
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INTRODUCTION: One approach to control enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infections has been to develop vaccines focused on inducing protective immunity against surface expressed antigenic factors. One such factor is coli surface antigen 6 (CS6); ETEC isolates expressing CS6 may also simultaneously co-express surface antigens CS4 or CS5. However, there is little information regarding the inter-relationships...
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