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Prevalence and virulence gene profiling of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli in malnourished and nourished Brazilian children

The impact of enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) infection on childhood malnutrition and inflammation has been suggested, regardless of diarrhea. We investigated whether EAEC and its virulence-related genes (VRGs) are associated with malnutrition in a case–control study. Children aged 6–24 months from...

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Autores principales: Havt, Alexandre, Lima, Ila FN, Medeiros, Pedro HQS, Clementino, Marco AF, Santos, Ana KS, Amaral, Marília SMG, Veras, Herlice N., Prata, Mara MG, Lima, Noélia L., Di Moura, Alessandra, Leite, Álvaro M., Soares, Alberto M., Filho, José Q., Houpt, Eric R., Nataro, James P., Guerrant, Richard L., Lima, Aldo AM
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Biomedical 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5608016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28780245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.06.024