Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Carrying Supplementary Virulence Genes Are an Important Cause of Moderate to Severe Diarrhoeal Disease in Mexico

• Sandra Patzi-Vargas ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sandra Patzi-Vargas, Mussaret Bano Zaidi

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biomedicine, CINVESTAV-IPN, México DF, México

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• Mussaret Bano Zaidi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sandra Patzi-Vargas, Mussaret Bano Zaidi

  Affiliations Microbiology Research Laboratory and Paediatric Emergency Department, Hospital General O’Horán, Mérida, Yucatán, México, Infectious Diseases Research Unit, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de La Península de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México

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• Iza Perez-Martinez,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biomedicine, CINVESTAV-IPN, México DF, México

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• Magda León–Cen,

  Affiliation Microbiology Research Laboratory and Paediatric Emergency Department, Hospital General O’Horán, Mérida, Yucatán, México

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• Alba Michel-Ayala,

  Affiliation Microbiology Research Laboratory and Paediatric Emergency Department, Hospital General O’Horán, Mérida, Yucatán, México

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• Damien Chaussabel,

  Affiliation Department of Systems Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Teresa Estrada-Garcia

  * E-mail: testrada@cinvestav.mx

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biomedicine, CINVESTAV-IPN, México DF, México

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