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Pathogenicity and phenotypic characterization of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolates from a birth cohort of children in rural Egypt.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2014
Mansour Adel, Shaheen Hind I, Amine Mohamed, Hassan Khaled, Sanders John W, Riddle Mark S, Armstrong Adam W, Svennerholm Ann-Mari, Sebeny Peter J, Klena John D, Young Sylvia Y N, Frenck Robert W
Abstract excerpt
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) has consistently been the predominant bacterial cause of diarrhea in many birth cohort- and hospital-based studies conducted in Egypt. We evaluated the pathogenicity of ETEC isolates in a birth cohort of children living in a rural community in Egypt. Between 2004 and 2007, we enrolled and followed 348 children starting at birth until their second year of life. A stool...
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