TABLE 2.
Comparison between the multiplex PCR for the CFs and dot blot assay in analysis of ETEC strains from Bolivia and Bangladesh
| Colonization factor(s) | No. of strains (no. which coexpress CS21) from indicated set identified by indicated assay
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivian (2002-2008; n = 65)
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Bangladeshi (2003-2005; n = 41)
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| Multiplex PCR | Dot blot | Multiplex PCR | Dot blot | |
| CFA/I | 9 (8) | 9 (7) | 5 (5) | 5 (2) |
| CS1+CS3 | 6 (5) | 5 (3) | 6 (5) | 5 (5) |
| CS2+CS3 | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 3 (3) | 3 (1) |
| CS4+CS6 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 |
| CS5+CS6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| CS6 | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 3 (2) | 3 (0) |
| CS7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| CS12 | 3 (0) | 3 (0) | 3 (1) | 3 (0) |
| CS14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| CS17 | 11 (1) | 10 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| CS21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| None | 23 | 28 | 8 | 11 |