AGE-SPECIFIC PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODY TO ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA-COLI IN ECUADORIAN AND GERMAN CHILDREN

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BRUSSOW, H [1 ]
SIDOTI, J [1 ]
LINK, H [1 ]
HOANG, YK [1 ]
BARCLAY, D [1 ]
DIRREN, H [1 ]
FREIRE, WB [1 ]
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[1] CONSEJO NACL DESARROLLO, QUITO, ECUADOR
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10.1093/infdis/162.4.974
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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Serum samples from 1397 Ecuadorian children 0–5 years of age were tested by ELISA for antibodies to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). A gradual prevalence and titer increase was seen for IgG antibodies to heat-labile enterotoxin in children 6–18 months old; 90% prevalences were reached in the second year of life. At this age <10% of West German children showed IgG antibodies to heat-labile enterotoxin. In Ecuador age-related ETEC-specific antibody titer increases correlated with age-related prevalence of diarrheal disease. On the other hand, pooled lipopolysaccharide from different ETEC-associated 0 serogroups could not be used as a seroepidemiologic marker of ETEC infections. © 1990, by The University of Chicago.
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