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Virulence Profiles of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Isolated from the Western Region of Ghana.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 24 Mar 2021
Prah Isaac, Ayibieke Alafate, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, Iguchi Atsushi, Mahazu Samiratu, Sato Wakana, Hayashi Takaya, Yamaoka Shoji, Suzuki Toshihiko, Iwanaga Shiroh, Ablordey Anthony, Saito Ryoichi
Abstract excerpt
Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC), an important agent of infectious diarrhea, is constantly evolving, making its periodic monitoring necessary. However, the DEC genotypes in Ghana remain uncharacterized. We focused on characterizing the molecular serotypes, virulence factors, multilocus sequence types, and the phylogenetic relatedness among different DEC pathotypes recovered from stool samples of pediatric...
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