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Master of Public Health

Diarrheagenic Escherichia Coli and Acute Gastroenteritis in Children in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States: A Case-Control Study.

AUTHORS

Imdad A , Foster MA , Iqbal J , Fonnesbeck C , Payne DC , Zhang C , Chappell JD , Halasa N , Gómez-Duarte OG , . The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2018 1 16; ().

ABSTRACT

Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) are an important cause of acute gastroenteritis in children; however, there is limited information available on the epidemiology, phylogenetics, serotyping, and antibiotic susceptibility of DEC in children in the United States. The aim of this study was to determine the molecular epidemiology of DEC among children with and without acute gastroenteritis in Davidson County, Tennessee.

Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) are an important cause of acute gastroenteritis in children; however, there is limited information available on the epidemiology, phylogenetics, serotyping, and antibiotic susceptibility of DEC in children in the United States. The aim of this study was to determine the molecular epidemiology of DEC among children with and without acute gastroenteritis in Davidson County, Tennessee.

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