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SUBMITTER: Ghosal A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2045266 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ghosal Abhisek A Bhowmick Rudra R Nandy Ranjan Kumar RK Ramamurthy T T Chatterjee Nabendu Sekhar NS
Journal of clinical microbiology 20070627 9
Colonization factor antigens (CFAs) of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) have been classified into several groups based on their distinct antigenicity. We describe here a PCR-based method to detect common CFAs of ETEC, which were characterized using conventional serology. This PCR assay is simple and sensitive for the detection of expressed CFA genes. ...[more]