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Genotypic and phenotypic characterisation of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli from children in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
França Fernanda L S, Wells Timothy J, Browning Douglas F, Nogueira Raquel Tayar, Sarges Felipe Silva, Pereira Ana Claudia, Cunningham Adam F, Lucheze Kely, Rosa Ana Claudia Paula, Henderson Ian R, de Luna Maria das Graças
Abstract excerpt
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is a significant cause of diarrhoeal illness in both children and adults. Genetic heterogeneity and recovery of EAEC strains from both healthy and diseased individuals complicates our understanding of EAEC pathogenesis. We wished to establish if genetic or phenotypic attributes could be used to distinguish between strains asymptomatically colonising healthy individuals...
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