Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli multilocus sequence types in Guatemala and Mexico.

ABSTRACT: The genetic backgrounds of 24 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains from Mexico and Guatemala expressing heat-stable toxin (ST) and coli surface antigen 6 (CS6) were analyzed. US travelers to these countries and resident children in Guatemala were infected by ETEC strains of sequence type 398, expressing STp and carrying genetically identical CS6 sequences.

SUBMITTER: Nicklasson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2874370 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature