ETEC_from_a_single_hospital_in_Nepal_-sc-4437
ETEC_from_a_single_hospital_in_Nepal_
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a major cause of infectious diarrhoea, causing nearly half a million fatal cases in children under the age of 5 year, mostly from low- and middle-income countries and what has become commonly known as travellers’ diarrhoea. ETEC are defined by their ability to produce a heat-stable (ST)/-labile (LT) toxin and/or possession of colonisation factors (CFs) of which there are over 25 different genetic subtypes.  We aim to investigate the AMR gene carriage in these isolates as it is relates to antimicrobial usage over time. This data is part of a pre-publication release. For information on the proper use of pre-publication data shared by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (including details of any publication moratoria), please see http://www.sanger.ac.uk/datasharing/
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a major cause of infectious diarrhoea, causing nearly half a million fatal cases in children under the age of 5 year, mostly from low- and middle-income countries and what has become commonly known as travellers’ diarrhoea. ETEC are defined by their ability to produce a heat-stable (ST)/-labile (LT) toxin and/or possession of colonisation factors (CFs) of which there are over 25 different genetic subtypes.