Abstract
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an intestinal pathogen associated with acute and persistent childhood/adult diarrhea in developed and low-income countries, corresponding to the most prevalent diarrheagenic E. coli pathotype in our country. Asymptomatic colonization by EAEC may leads to malnutrition and impairment of physical and cognitive development in children living in a v…