TY - JOUR
T1 - Preexisting antibodies to homologous colonization factors and heat-labile toxin in serum, and the risk to develop enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-associated diarrhea
AU - Tobias, Joshua
AU - Andersson, Kerstin
AU - Bialik, Anya
AU - Cohen, Dani
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Preexisting serum immunoglobulin (Ig) A and IgG titers against colonization factors and heat-labile toxin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) were examined in young adults who subsequently developed ETEC-associated diarrhea and in healthy matched controls. The data suggest an inverse association between the antibody titers against colonization factors, but not heat-labile toxin, and development of ETEC-associated diarrhea.
AB - Preexisting serum immunoglobulin (Ig) A and IgG titers against colonization factors and heat-labile toxin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) were examined in young adults who subsequently developed ETEC-associated diarrhea and in healthy matched controls. The data suggest an inverse association between the antibody titers against colonization factors, but not heat-labile toxin, and development of ETEC-associated diarrhea.
KW - Colonization factors
KW - Diarrhea
KW - ETEC
KW - Preexisting antibodies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=38149003780&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.09.010
DO - 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.09.010
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C2 - 17964106
AN - SCOPUS:38149003780
VL - 60
SP - 229
EP - 231
JO - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
JF - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
SN - 0732-8893
IS - 2
ER -
