A study was undertaken to look for heat-labile enterotoxin producing Escherichia coli (LT-ETEC) in patients with acute watery diarrhea resembling cholera in Chandigarh in North India. Two periods were selected, an interepidemic (2001) and an epidemic (2002) period. Heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) was detected using reverse passive latex agglutination test. LT-ETEC strains were serotyped and antimi...
