Characterization of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from the massive multi-pathogen gastroenteritis outbreak in the Antofagasta region following the Chilean earthquake, 2010.

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In March 2010, a massive outbreak of gastroenteritis started in the region of Antofagasta (northern Chile). The outbreak was mainly attributed to Norovirus genogroup II although ETEC strains were also isolated with high frequency from clinical samples. We review this outbreak and determined that ETEC was an underestimated etiologic agent.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Infect. Genet. Evol.

Title: Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1567-7257

ISSN (Print): 1567-1348

Publication date (Electronic): August 2017

Volume: 52

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[1 ] Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas (ICBM), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

[2 ] Secretaría Regional Ministerial de Salud, Santiago, Chile.

[3 ] Hospital Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Chile.

[4 ] Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States.

[5 ] Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas (ICBM), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: felipedelcanto@med.uchile.cl.

[6 ] Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas (ICBM), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: rvidal@med.uchile.cl.

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Publisher Item ID: S1567-1348(17)30134-X

DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2017.04.021

PubMed ID: 28442437

SO-VID: d72490f6-48cb-4457-9a10-f17ecb95b450

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Keywords: Co-infection ETEC - norovirus,Colonization factors,ETEC,Enterotoxigenic E. coli,Massive outbreak,Toxigenic profile

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Keywords: Co-infection ETEC - norovirus, Colonization factors, ETEC, Enterotoxigenic E. coli, Massive outbreak, Toxigenic profile

Characterization of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from the massive multi-pathogen gastroenteritis outbreak in the Antofagasta region following the Chilean earthquake, 2010.

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