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Research Article

Detection of enterotoxigenic E. coli in hospitalised children with and without diarrhoea in Blantyre, Malawi

Eamonn Trainor1 Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, UK
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Miren Iturriza-Gómara1 Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, UK
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Bagrey Ngwira2 Department of Community Health, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi
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Nigel Cunliffe1 Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 102-105 | Published online: 27 Apr 2016

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