TY - JOUR AU - Trabulsi, Luiz R. AU - Keller, Rogéria AU - Gomes, Tânia A. Tardelli T1 - Typical and Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2002 VL - 8 IS - 5 SP - 508 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains differ in several characteristics. Typical EPEC, a leading cause of infantile diarrhea in developing countries, is rare in industrialized countries, where atypical EPEC seems to be a more important cause of diarrhea. For typical EPEC, the only reservoir is humans; for atypical EPEC, both animals and humans can be reservoirs. Typical and atypical EPEC also differ in genetic characteristics, serotypes, and virulence properties. Atypical EPEC is more closely related to Shiga toxin–producing E. coli (STEC), and like STEC these strains appear to be emerging pathogens. KW - KW - Brazil DO - 10.3201/eid0805.010385 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/5/01-0385_article ER - End of Reference