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. 2007 Mar 30;73(10):3380–3390. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02855-06

TABLE 5.

Detection of virulence genes in E. coli by MPCR

Serotype (no. of strains) of pathogroup EIEC No. of strains detected by:
MPCR targeting
Single-gene-specific PCR targeting
uidA invE pic astA lifA/efa1 ent hly
O124:H (1) 1 1 1
O143:H (1) 1 1
O144:H (1) 1 1 1
O152:H (1) 1 1
O164:H (2) 2 2