title: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli multilocus sequence types in Guatemala and Mexico.
abstract: The genetic backgrounds of 24 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains from Mexico and Guatemala expressing heat-stable toxin (ST) and coli surface antigen 6 (CS6) were analyzed. US travelers to these countries and resident children in Guatemala were infected by ETEC strains of sequence type 398, expressing STp and carrying genetically identical CS6 sequences.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Gothenburg, Box 435, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden. matilda.nicklasson@microbio.gu.se
authors.forename: Matilda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nicklasson
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klena
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodas
authors.forename: August Louis
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Ann Mari
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Svennerholm
authors.forename: Asa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sjoling
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D054307:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006166:Guatemala / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; C098406:CS6 antigen, E coli; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins