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  • 标题:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea: acquired immunity and transmission in an endemic area
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  • 作者:Robert E. Black ; Michael H. Merson ; Bernard Rowe
  • 期刊名称:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • 印刷版ISSN:0042-9686
  • 出版年度:1981
  • 卷号:59
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:263-268
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:World Health Organisation
  • 摘要:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) are an important cause of diarrhoea in developing countries. Studies were made, in an endemic area of Bangladesh, of household contacts of patients with diarrhoea associated with E. coli producing heat-stable and heatlabile toxins (ST/LT) or heat-stable toxin (ST) only. It was found that 11% of contacts were infected in the 10-day study period, and that both the rate of infection and the proportion of infected persons with diarrhoea decreased with increasing age, suggesting the development of immunity. ETEC of the same serotype as that of the index patient were found in 9% of water sources used by index households, in a small number of food and drinking water specimens from the index homes, and in faeces from 3 healthy calves. The rate of infection of household members was highest in houses where there was contaminated food or water, which suggests that infection may take place in the home when contaminated water is brought in. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (856K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 263 264 265 266 267 268
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