Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O157 Strains from Brazil

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O157 Strains from Brazil

We describe two serogroup O157 Escherichia coli strains from Brazilian infants with diarrhea. A variety of assays indicate that these strains belong to the enteropathogenic, not the enterohemorrhagic, pathotype. These strains possess a novel bfpA allele encoding the type IV pilin characteristic of t...

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Main Authors: T. Eric Blank, David W. Lacher, Isabel C.A. Scaletsky, Hailang Zhong, Thomas S. Whittam, Michael S. Donnenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Escherichia coli infections
classification
phylogeny
base sequence
sequence alignment
fimbriae
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/1/02-0072_article

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