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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 colonization factors (PCFs). CFA/IV was the most common factor (26%), followed by coli surface antigen 17 (CS17) (19%), CFA/I...
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