Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence Factors and Genetic Diversity of Escherichia coli Isolates from Household Water Supply in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Prabhat Kumar Talukdar; Mizanur Rahman; Mahdia Rahman; Ashikun Nabi; Zhahirul Islam; M. Mahfuzul Hoque; Hubert P. Endtz; Mohammad Aminul Islam

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061090

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Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence Factors and Genetic Diversity of Escherichia coli Isolates from Household Water Supply in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Prabhat Kumar Talukdar,

Affiliations Food Safety Research Group, Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mizanur Rahman,

Affiliation Food Safety Research Group, Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mahdia Rahman,

Affiliation Food Safety Research Group, Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Ashikun Nabi,

Affiliation Food Safety Research Group, Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Zhahirul Islam,

Affiliation Food Safety Research Group, Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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M. Mahfuzul Hoque,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Hubert P. Endtz,

Affiliations Food Safety Research Group, Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Mohammad Aminul Islam

* E-mail: maislam@icddrb.org

Affiliation Food Safety Research Group, Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence Factors and Genetic Diversity of Escherichia coli Isolates from Household Water Supply in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Prabhat Kumar Talukdar,
Mizanur Rahman,
Mahdia Rahman,
Ashikun Nabi,
Zhahirul Islam,
M. Mahfuzul Hoque,
Hubert P. Endtz,
Mohammad Aminul Islam

Published: April 3, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061090

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