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. 2024 Nov 18;6(11):000885.v3.
doi: 10.1099/acmi.0.000885.v3. eCollection 2024.

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Blantyre, Malawi

Philip M Ashton  1   2 , Zefaniah Joel Katuah  3 , Arnold Botomani  3 , Belson M Kutambe  1 , Nigel A Cunliffe  2 , Astrid von Mentzer  4 , Chisomo Msefula  3 , Khuzwayo C Jere  1   2   3
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Blantyre, Malawi

Philip M Ashton et al. Access Microbiol. .

Abstract

We announce the deposition of the first two enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) genomes from Malawi. They were isolated from the faeces of asymptomatically infected children obtained in 2014. Both genomes encode the porcine variant of the heat-labile toxin and no known ETEC colonization factors.

Keywords: E. coli; diarrhoea; genomics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.. (a) A maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree of 301 ETEC genomes from von Mentzer et al. [3] and the 2 Malawian genomes isolated as part of this study. The first column is the lineage of each genome, the second colony indicates the genomes generated by this study. (b) An inset focussing on L15 of the ETEC phylogeny, which contains the genomes generated as part of this study (highlighted in red).
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