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Study results from Goteborg University, Institute of Biomedicine in the area of life sciences published
May 7th, 2008
Data detailed in 'Mutations in the periplasmic chaperone leading to loss of surface expression of the colonization factor CS6 in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) clinical isolates' have been presented. According to a study from Goteborg, Sweden, "Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) cause diarrhoea by adhesion to human enterocytes by one or more colonization factors (CFs) and secretion of heat-labile (LT) and/or heat-stable (ST) enterotoxins. Expression of coli surface antigen 6 (CS6) on the bacterial surface, usually associated with ETEC strains that produce ST alone or in combination with LT, is rarely found in strains expressing only LT." "However, a...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-05-07)
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