Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2010)
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Multilocus Sequence Types in Guatemala and Mexico
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.
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