Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli - an overview

Author	Guth, Beatriz Ernestina Cabilio
Institution	Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Abstract	Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli is an important cause of traveler's diarrhea and diarrheal illnesses in children in the developing world. In this presentation we will focus on the main virulence attributes of this pathogenic category of E. coli, and discuss the evolution of studies conducted in our laboratory.
Keywords	enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli virulence factors enterotoxins adhesins
Language	English
Date	2000-01-01
Published in	Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde, v. 95, p. 95-97, 2000.
ISSN	0074-0276 (Sherpa/Romeo)
Publisher	Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Extent	95-97
Origin	http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762000000700017
Access rights	Open access
Type	Article
SciELO ID	S0074-02762000000700017 (statistics in SciELO)
URI	http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/885