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Antibody to Escherichia coli enterotoxin in meat-packing workers
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Antibody to Escherichia coli enterotoxin in meat-packing workers

Robert B Wallace and Sam T Donta
American journal of public health (1971), Vol.68(1), pp.68-70
01/01/1978
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.68.1.68
PMCID: PMC1653843
PMID: 341728
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https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.68.1.68View
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Abstract

Meat-packing plant employees exposed to raw animal products had serological evidence of higher infection rates with heat-labile toxin producing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (LT-EEC). In those employees with multiple sera available for study over a ten-year period, a drop in mean anti-LT-EEC titer was observed, suggesting altered ecology of or exposure to the organism during this time. Prospective studies need to be done to determine if meat-packing workers actually experience a greater incidence of LT-EEC-induced diarrheal disease.
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