Laboratory investigation of diarrhea in travelers to Mexico: evaluation of methods for detecting enterotoxigenic Echerichia coli.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on May 01, 1976

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G K Morris, M H Merson, D A Sack, J G Wells, W T Martin, W E Dewitt, J C Feeley, R B Sack, D M Bessudo

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