Genome and Functional Characterization of Colonization Factor Antigen I- and CS6-Encoding Heat-Stable Enterotoxin-Only Enterotoxigenic <italic toggle="yes">Escherichia coli</italic> Reveals Lineage and Geographic Variation

Genome and Functional Characterization of Colonization Factor Antigen I- and CS6-Encoding Heat-Stable Enterotoxin-Only Enterotoxigenic <italic toggle="yes">Escherichia coli</italic> Reveals Lineage and Geographic Variation

ABSTRACT Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a significant cause of childhood diarrhea and is a leading cause of traveler’s diarrhea. ETEC strains encoding the heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) are more often associated with childhood diarrhea than ETEC strains that encode only the heat-labile ent...

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Main Authors: Tracy H. Hazen, Sushma Nagaraj, Sunil Sen, Jasnehta Permala-Booth, Felipe Del Canto, Roberto Vidal, Eileen M. Barry, Jacob P. Bitoun, Wilbur H. Chen, Sharon M. Tennant, David A. Rasko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-02-01
Series:mSystems
Subjects:
Escherichia coli
comparative genomics
heat-stable toxin
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00329-18

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00329-18

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