Seroprevalence of the enteroaggregative Escherichia coli virulence factor dispersin among USA travellers to Cuernavaca, Mexico: A pilot study

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 476-479

  Huang, David B ^a,f   Brown, Eric L ^b   DuPont, Herbert L ^a,c   Cerf, Jing ^a   Carlin, Lily ^d   Flores, Jose ^d   Belkind Gerson, Jaime ^d   Nataro, James P ^e   Okhuysen, Pablo C ^a,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^f Department of Virology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DISPERSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEXICO; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PILOT PROJECTS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 42149186342     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47495-0     Document Type: Article

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