| Literature DB >> 2205656 |
H Brüssow1, J Sidoti, H Link, Y K Hoang, D Barclay, H Dirren, W B Freire.
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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 less than 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 O serogroups could not be used as a seroepidemiologic marker of ETEC infections.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2205656 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/162.4.974
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226