Colonization factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from children in north India.

doi:10.1093/infdis/174.4.768

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Colonization factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from children in north India.

The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Oct 1996

Sommerfelt H, Steinsland H, Grewal H M, Viboud G I, Bhandari N, Gaastra W, Svennerholm A M, Bhan M K

Abstract excerpt

Colonization factor antigens (CFAs) mediate attachment of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) to the intestinal mucosa and induce protective immunity against ETEC diarrhea. ETEC strains (n = 111) isolated from North Indian children from 1985 to 1989 were examined for CFAs and putative coloniz...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial Toxins
Bacterial Vaccines
Child, Preschool
Enterotoxins
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Proteins
Fimbriae Proteins
Genotype
Humans
Infant
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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PMID: 8843215
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.4.768

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