Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Antigens, Bacterial / genetics
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Child
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / genetics*
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Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology
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Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
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Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
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Genes, Bacterial / genetics
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Guatemala / epidemiology
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Humans
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Mexico / epidemiology
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Travel
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United States / ethnology
Substances
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Antigens, Bacterial
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CS6 antigen, E coli
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Escherichia coli Proteins