Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae Diarrhea, Bangladesh, 2004

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae Diarrhea, Bangladesh, 2004

Flooding in Dhaka in July 2004 caused epidemics of diarrhea. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) was almost as prevalent as Vibrio cholerae O1 in diarrheal stools. ETEC that produced heat-stable enterotoxin alone was most prevalent, and 78% of strains had colonization factors. Like V. cholerae O...

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Main Authors: Qadri, Firdausi, Khan, Ashraful I., Faruque, Abu Syed G., Begum, Yasmin Ara, Chowdhury, Fahima, Nair, Gopinath B., Salam, Mohammed A., Sack, David A., Svennerholm, Ann-Mari
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3371816/

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