Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Surface Water in Urban and Rural Areas of Bangladesh
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- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (7) , 3582-3583
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.43.7.3582-3583.2005
Abstract
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is very commonly a cause of acute watery diarrhea in infants and young children in Bangladesh ([2][1]). Although organisms of this type are known to be spread through food and water contaminated by feces, limited information is available on climatic factors orKeywords
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