Outbreaks of cholera-like diarrhoea caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 669-674

  Vicente, Ana C P ^a   Teixeira, Luiz F M ^a,e   Iniguez Rojas, L ^c   Luna, M G ^b   Silva, L ^f   Andrade, J R C ^b   Guth, B E C ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Faculty of Education Universidad del Estado de Rio de Janeiro University Estácio de Sá UNESA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diarrhoea; ETEC; LT toxin; ST toxin

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAZIL; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0167; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 21744457473     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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