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Infantile Diarrhoea Associated with Sorbitol-Fermenting, Non-Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H−

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This work was supported by grants from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India (Project 37(1019)/99/EMRII) and Japan International Cooperation Agency, Tokyo, Japan (JICA-NICED Project 054-1061-E-0). The experiments performed in this study comply with the current laws in India.

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  1. Division of Microbiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, CIT Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Calcutta 700 010, India

    S. Chakraborty, A. Khan, S. Kahali & T. Ramamurthy

  2. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    S. M. Faruque

  3. Department of Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan

    S. Yamasaki

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Chakraborty, S., Khan, A., Kahali, S. et al. Infantile Diarrhoea Associated with Sorbitol-Fermenting, Non-Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H− . Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 22, 324–326 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-003-0915-5

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