Establishment and application of isothermal multiple-self-matching-initiated amplification (IMSA) in detecting Type II heat-labile enterotoxin of Escherichia coli.

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) constitutes a major cause of diarrhea in young children and animals, particularly in poor regions of the world, as well the traveler's diarrhea in adult individuals. Type II heat-labile enterotoxin (LT-II) from ETEC can cause profuse watery diarrhea, posi...

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Main Authors: Wenxin Liu, Chaowen Yuan, Liguo Zhang, Yufei Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216272