Age-Specific Prevalence of Antibody to Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Ecuadorian and German Children
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 162 (4) , 974-977
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/162.4.974
Abstract
Serum samples from 1397 Ecuadorian children 0–5 years of age were tested by ELISA for antibodies to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). A gradual prevalence and titer increase was seen for IgG antibodies to heat-labile enterotoxin in children 6–18 months old; 90% prevalences were reached in the second year of life. At this age <10% of West German children showed IgG antibodies to heat-labile enterotoxin. In Ecuador age-related ETEC-specific antibody titer increases correlated with age-related prevalence of diarrheal disease. On the other hand, pooled lipopolysaccharide from different ETEC-associated 0 serogroups could not be used as a seroepidemiologic marker of ETEC infections.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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