Genetic diversity of locus of enterocyte effacement genes of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from Peruvian children

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1114-1120

  Contreras, C A ^a   Ochoa, T J ^a,b   Ruiz, J ^c,d   Lacher, D W ^e   Durand, D ^a   Debroy, C ^f   Lanata, C F ^g,h   Cleary, T G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

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

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^h UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA DE CIENCIAS APLICADAS   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESPA ALPHA GENE; ESPA BETA GENE; ESPA BETA2 GENE; ESPA GAMMA GENE; ESPB ALPHA GENE; ESPB ALPHA2 GENE; ESPB ALPHA3 GENE; ESPB BETA GENE; ESPB GAMMA GENE; ESPD ALPHA GENE; ESPD BETA GENE; ESPD GAMMA GENE; ESPD N1 GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIR ALPHA GENE; TIR ALPHA2 GENE; TIR BETA GENE; TIR GAMMA GENE; TIR GAMMA2 GENE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERU; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84864108070     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.045443-0     Document Type: Article

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