Molecular characterization of virulence factors in diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli isolates from children in Nairobi, Kenya. | Zendy

Celestine Makobe | Zendy; Willie Sang | Zendy; Gideon Kikuvi | Zendy; Samuel Kariuki | Zendy

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Molecular characterization of virulence factors in diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli isolates from children in Nairobi, Kenya.

Author(s) -

Celestine Makobe,

Willie Sang,

Gideon Kikuvi,

Samuel Kariuki

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.2082

Subject(s) - virulence , microbiology and biotechnology , escherichia coli , biology , virology , genetics , gene

Among the bacterial causes, diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) is the most important etiologic agent of childhood diarrhoea and represents a major public health problem in developing countries. New evidence suggests that major differences in virulence among groups of DEC pathotypes may be related to the presence of specific pathogenicity islands (PAIs).

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