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Examination of the Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Population Structure during Human Infection.
mBio - 9 Jun 2015
Sahl Jason W, Sistrunk Jeticia R, Fraser Claire M, Hine Erin, Baby Nabilah, Begum Yasmin, Luo Qingwei, Sheikh Alaullah, Qadri Firdausi, Fleckenstein James M, Rasko David A
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UNLABELLED: Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) can cause severe diarrhea and death in children in developing countries; however, bacterial diversity in natural infection is uncharacterized. In this study, we explored the natural population variation of ETEC from individuals with cholera-like diarrhea. Genomic sequencing and comparative analysis of multiple ETEC isolates from twelve cases of severe diarrhea...
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