NIH R01 · 2025
Molecular Pathogenesis of enterotoxigenic E. coli associated enteropathy
Project Summary/Abstract This work focuses on enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), globally the most common bacterial cause of serious diarrheal illness. Originally identified more than 50 years ago as a cause of severe diarrheal illness in patients with clinical presentations indistinguishable from cholera, ETEC continue to threaten the lives of many children in poor regions of the world where sanitation and clean water remain limited. While deaths from diarrheal illness in low-middle income countries have declined, largely due to deployment of oral rehydration therapy, the tremendous morbidity associated with these illnesses remains completely unchecked. ETEC are closely linked to a…
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