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Combating enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) infections: the way forward.

Author(s): Michael Donnenberg, B. Brett Finlay

Publication date: 2013-06-30

Keywords: Africa, epidemiology, Diarrhea, diagnosis, immunology, microbiology, Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, pathogenicity, Escherichia coli Infections, Escherichia coli Proteins, Immunization, methods, Virulence Factors

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Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains continue to cause severe and sometimes fatal infantile diarrhea, particularly in Africa. Increased efforts at diagnosis, defining the clinical spectrum of disease, understanding pathogenic mechanisms, and delineating immune responses are desperately needed to develop new strategies to combat EPEC. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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PubMed ID:: 23815982

PMC ID:: 4312613

DOI:: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.05.003

ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Africa,epidemiology,Diarrhea,diagnosis,immunology,microbiology,Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli,pathogenicity,Escherichia coli Infections,Escherichia coli Proteins,Immunization,methods,Virulence Factors

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