Skip to main content

Table 1 E. coli pathotypes and mouse immunization and challenge groups used in the study

From: Development of safe, effective and immunogenic vaccine candidate for diarrheagenic Escherichia coli main pathotypes in a mouse model

Immunization antigen (s) (whole-cell formalin-treated)

Challenge E. coli antigen (s) (live whole-cell)

Unadjuvanted, alum or CTB-adujvanted

 Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) (RKI 17-2)

EAEC

 Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) ATCC 43893  (O124: NM)

EIEC

 Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) ATCC  43890 (O157:H7)

EHEC

 Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) [50, 51]

EPEC

 Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) [50, 51]

ETEC

 Combined antigens cocktail: EAEC, EPEC,  EIEC, EHEC, ETEC

Combined cocktail

Controls

 Formalin

Combined cocktail

 PBS

Combined cocktail

EAEC

EPEC

EIEC

EHEC

ETEC