Genomic characterization of an atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strain isolated in Fujian province, China  

作　　者：Aiping Chen Yongjun Zhang Linglan Wang 

机构地区：[1]Fujian Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Fuzhou 350001,China [2]Priority Laboratory for Zoonosis Research,Fuzhou 350001,China [3]Teaching Base at School of Public Health,Fujian Medical University,Fuzhou 350004,China

出　　处：《Science China(Life Sciences)》2019年第9期1261-1263,共3页中国科学（生命科学英文版）

基　　金：supported by the following grants: Initiative Projects of Medical Sciences in Fujian (2011-CXB-19);Natural Science Foundation of Fujian (2014J01282 and 2016Y0011);Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2017ZX10103008)

摘　　要：Dear Editor,Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is recognized as the leading cause of infantile diarrhea in developing countries.Since 1996,EPEC has been divided into typical and atypical strains,based on the presence or absence of the plasmid encoding an EPEC adherence factor (EAF).Unlike typical EPEC (tEPEC) strains that infect human solely,atypical EPEC (aEPEC) strains have a wider host range and are more prevalent than tEPEC in both industrialized and developing countries.The role for aEPEC as a diarrheagenic pathogen in human is controversial in that some aEPEC can cause acute and persistent diarrhea in children,whereas aEPEC is also highly prevalent in asymptomatic children.

关 键 词：EAF HOST range ASYMPTOMATIC 

分 类 号：Q[生物学]