Multiplex real time PCR panels to identify fourteen colonization factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

Jie Liu; Sasikorn Silapong; Pimmada Jeanwattanalert; Paphavee Lertsehtakarn; Ladaporn Bodhidatta; Brett Swierczewski; Carl Mason; Annette L. McVeigh; Stephen J. Savarino; Rosemary Nshama; Esto Mduma; Athanasia Maro; Jixian Zhang; Jean Gratz; Eric R. Houpt

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0176882

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Multiplex real time PCR panels to identify fourteen colonization factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

Jie Liu ,

* E-mail: jl5yj@virginia.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2658-5249

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Sasikorn Silapong,

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand
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Pimmada Jeanwattanalert,

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand
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Paphavee Lertsehtakarn,

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand
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Ladaporn Bodhidatta,

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand
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Brett Swierczewski,

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand
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Carl Mason,

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand
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Annette L. McVeigh,

Affiliation Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), Enteric Disease Department, Infectious Disease Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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Stephen J. Savarino,

Current address: Translational Sciences and Biomarkers Department, Sanofi Pasteur, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), Enteric Disease Department, Infectious Disease Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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Rosemary Nshama,

Affiliation Haydom Global Health Centre, Haydom, Tanzania
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Esto Mduma,

Affiliation Haydom Global Health Centre, Haydom, Tanzania
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Athanasia Maro,

Affiliation Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Tanzania
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Jixian Zhang,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Jean Gratz,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Eric R. Houpt

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Multiplex real time PCR panels to identify fourteen colonization factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

Jie Liu,
Sasikorn Silapong,
Pimmada Jeanwattanalert,
Paphavee Lertsehtakarn,
Ladaporn Bodhidatta,
Brett Swierczewski,
Carl Mason,
Annette L. McVeigh,
Stephen J. Savarino,
Rosemary Nshama

Published: May 5, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176882

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