Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli heat-labile toxin seroconversion in US travelers to Mexico

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 156-161

  Flores, Jose ^a   DuPont, Herbert L ^b,c   Jiang, Zhi Dong ^b   Belkind Gerson, Jaime ^d   Mohamed, Jamal A ^a   Carlin, Lily G ^a   Padda, Ranjit S ^a   Paredes, Mercedes ^a   Martinez Sandoval, Jose Francisco ^e   Villa, Nicolas A ^f   Okhuysen, Pablo C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^c ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^f Universidad Francisco Marroquin   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNICITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; SEASON; SEROCONVERSION; SERUM; SUMMER; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44249120788     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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