Pathogenic enteric Escherichia coli in children with and without diarrhea in Maputo, Mozambique

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• 作者：Rappelli ; Paola ; Folgosa ; Elena ; Solinas ; Maria Letizia ; DaCosta ; Joao Leopoldo ; Pisanu ; Claudia ; et. al.
• 关键词：Diarrheagenic E. coli ; Cell adherence ; PCR identification ; Mozambique
• 刊名：FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology
• 出版年：2005
• 出版时间：January 1, 2005
• 年：2005
• 卷：43
• 期：1
• 页码：67-72
• 全文大小：258 K

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A study was conducted on the circulation of potentially diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in two groups of children, both under the age of seven. The first group (548 children) suffered from mild diarrhea and attended the Xipamanine Health Center of Maputo, in Mozambique. The second group (380 children) included randomly chosen, asymptomatic, children from the same population. A total of 503 E. coli strains were isolated from the two groups of children (n