Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Multilocus Sequence Types in Guatemala and Mexico

Nicklasson, Matilda; Klena, John; Rodas, Claudia; Bourgeois, August Louis; Torres, Olga; Svennerholm, Ann-Mari; Sjöling, Åsa

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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Multilocus Sequence Types in Guatemala and Mexico

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Jan 2010
By Nicklasson, Matilda ; Klena, John ; Rodas, Claudia ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Nicklasson, Matilda ; Klena, John ; Rodas, Claudia ; Bourgeois, August Louis ; Torres, Olga ; Svennerholm, Ann-Mari ; Sjöling, Åsa
Description:

The genetic backgrounds of 24 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains from Mexico and Guatemala expressing heat-stable toxin (ST) and coli surface antigen 6 (CS6) were analyzed. US travelers to these countries and resident children in Guatemala were infected by ETEC strains of sequence type 398, expressing STp and carrying genetically identical CS6 sequences.
Subjects:

Adult Antigens, Bacterial Child Dispatch Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli Escherichia Coli Infections Escherichia Coli Proteins Genes, Bacterial Humans Travel
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 16(1):143-146.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Guatemala ; Mexico ; United States
Location:

Central America ; North America
Volume:

16
Issue:

1
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:6ce1a001d238019586d212bbcec380f99780571ba926837d3706d41afdbc9375
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