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An untypeable enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli represents one of the dominant types causing human disease.
Microbial genomics - 1 Sept 2017
Iguchi Atsushi, von Mentzer Astrid, Kikuchi Taisei, Thomson Nicholas R
Abstract excerpt
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a major cause of diarrhoea in children below 5 years of age in endemic areas, and is a primary cause of diarrhoea in travellers visiting developing countries. Epidemiological analysis of E. coli pathovars is traditionally carried out based on the results of serotyping. However, genomic analysis of a global ETEC collection of 362 isolates taken from patients revealed nine...
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