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During the 1940s and 1950s, a series of outbreaks of diarrhea in hospital newborn nurseries were reported in which the etiological agent appeared to be Escherichia coli identified by serotype. These strains became known as enteropathogenic E. coli (Epec). Little information has been gathered about these strains in recent years, although it is generally recognized that they are responsible for diarrhea among children under 2 years of age.

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DuPont, H.L. (1982). Escherichia coli Diarrhea. In: Evans, A.S., Feldman, H.A. (eds) Bacterial Infections of Humans. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1140-0_12

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