The role of CFA/I in adherence and toxin delivery by ETEC expressing multiple colonization factors in the human enteroid model.

• Main Authors: Emily M Smith (Author), Christen L Grassel (Author), Antonia Papadimas (Author), Jennifer Foulke-Abel (Author), Eileen M Barry (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a primary causative agent of diarrhea in travelers and young children in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). ETEC adhere to intestinal epithelia via colonization factors (CFs) and secrete heat-stable toxin (ST) and/or heat-labile toxin (LT), causing dys...