Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli carrying supplementary virulence genes are an important cause of moderate to severe diarrhoeal disease in Mexico.

• Main Authors: Sandra Patzi-Vargas (Author), Mussaret Bano Zaidi (Author), Iza Perez-Martinez (Author), Magda León-Cen (Author), Alba Michel-Ayala (Author), Damien Chaussabel (Author), Teresa Estrada-Garcia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) cause acute and persistent diarrhoea worldwide, but little is known about their epidemiology in Mexico. We determined the prevalence of bacterial enteropathogens in 831 children with acute diarrhoea over a four-year period in Yucatan, Mexico. Six DEC supplementar...