Comparative genomic analysis and molecular examination of the diversity of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolates from Chile

• David A. Rasko ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: drasko@som.umaryland.edu

  Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7337-7154

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• Felipe Del Canto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Qingwei Luo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• James M. Fleckenstein,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1148-697X

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• Roberto Vidal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Tracy H. Hazen

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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