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ArticlePathogens and disease2016

pic gene of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli and its association with diarrhea in Peruvian children.

David Durand, Carmen A Contreras, Susan Mosquito, Joaquim Ruíz, Thomas G Cleary, Theresa J Ochoa

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Article in Pathogens and disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Surface Protein Dispersin of EnteroaggregativeFrontiers in microbiology · 2020
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  8. Virulence gene profiles ofPathogens and global health · 2019
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  9. Molecular and Phenotypic Characterization of DiarrheagenicThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

David DurandAlexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute, Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, 430 Honorio Delgado Avenue, Lima 31, Perú
Carmen A ContrerasAlexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute, Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, 430 Honorio Delgado Avenue, Lima 31, Perú Department of Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Biotechnology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Cuernavaca postal code 62210, México.
Susan MosquitoAlexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute, Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, 430 Honorio Delgado Avenue, Lima 31, Perú
Joaquim RuízISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Thomas G ClearyUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Theresa J OchoaAlexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute, Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, 430 Honorio Delgado Avenue, Lima 31, Perú University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA Theresa.J.Ochoa@uth.tmc.edu.
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia · PEThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USBarcelona Institute for Global Health · ES

Funding

Randomonized controlled trial-lactoferrin prevention of diarrhea in childrenR01HD051716 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CLEARY, THOMAS GEORGE · 2007 to 2010
$960k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD051716
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) causes acute and persistent diarrhea among children, HIV-infected patients, and travelers to developing countries. We have searched for 18 genes-encoding virulence factors associated with aggregative adherence, dispersion, biofilm, toxins, serine protease autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae (SPATEs) and siderophores, analyzed in 172 well-characterized EAEC strains (aggR(+)) isolated from stool samples of 97 children with diarrhea and 75 healthy controls from a passive surveillance diarrhea cohort study in Peru. Eighty-one different genetic profiles were identified, 37 were found only associated with diarrhea and 25 with control samples. The most frequent genetic profile was aggC(+)aatA(+)aap(+)shf(+)fyuA(+), present in 19 strains, including diarrhea and controls. The profile set1A(+)set1B(+)pic(+) was associated with diarrhea (P < 0.05). Of all genes evaluated, the most frequent were aatA (CVD 342) present in 159 strains (92.4%) and fyuA in 157 (91.3%). When EAEC strains were analyzed as a single pathogen (excluding co-infections), only pic was associated with diarrhea (P < 0.05) and with prolonged diarrhea (diarrhea ≥ 7 days) (P < 0.05). In summary, this is the first report on the prevalence of a large set of EAEC virulence genes and its association with diarrhea in Peruvian children. More studies are needed to elucidate the exact role of each virulence factor.

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Age FactorsChildChild, PreschoolComputational BiologyDiarrheaEscherichia coliEscherichia coli InfectionsEscherichia coli ProteinsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornPeruPopulation SurveillancePrevalenceSerine EndopeptidasesTranscriptomeEscherichia coli ProteinsPic protein, E coliSerine EndopeptidasesVirulence FactorsaggR genechildrencontroldiarrheaEAECvirulence genes

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