Association of virulence factor-positive and -negative enteroaggregative Escherichia coli and occurrence of clinical illness in travelers from the United States to Mexico

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 506-508

  Huang, David B ^a   Jiang, Zhi Dong ^b,c   Dupont, Herbert L ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN AAFA; PROTEIN AGGA; PROTEIN AGGR; PROTEIN ASPU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSENTERY; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; NAUSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1342304324     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.506     Document Type: Article

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