Prevalence and genetic diversity of human diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolates by multilocus sequence typing

Background: The population structure of human diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) isolates derived from worldwide collections remains undefined. Methods: A total of 1196 clinical isolates were obtained from a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) database. Genetic diversity analysis, MLST analysis, and...

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Main Authors: Fei Yu, Xiao Chen, Shufa Zheng, Dongsheng Han, Yiyin Wang, Ruonan Wang, Baohong Wang, Yu Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217303077