Analysis of incidence of infection with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in a prospective cohort study of infant diarrhea in Nicaragua

Autor: M Ringman, A M Svennerholm, Margarita Paniagua, H Hallander, E Reizenstein, Felix Espinoza
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Journal of clinical microbiology. 35(6)
ISSN: 0095-1137
Popis: Diarrheal episodes with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) were prospectively monitored during the first 2 years of life in a cohort of 235 infants from Leon, Nicaragua. ETEC was an etiological finding in 38% (310 of 808) of diarrheal episodes and in 19% (277 of 1,472) of samples taken as asymptomatic controls at defined age intervals (P =
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