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Contextualizes pathogenic E. coli using a One Health perspective Chapters contributed by members of the Latin American Coalition for Escherichia coli (LACER) Includes translation and analysis of key non-English language reports

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Alfredo Torres, PhD., M.S. is the Herman Barnett Distinguished Professor in Microbiology and Immunology, and Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Academic Enterprise at University of Texas Medical Branch.

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Chapter 1. WHO Critical Priority Escherichia coli in Latin America: A One Health Challenge for a PostPandemic World.- Chapter 2. Recent progress on enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) and antibiotic resistance in pathogenic E. coli.- Chapter 3. New concepts on domestic and wild reservoirs, and transmission of E. coli and its environment.- Chapter 4. New molecular mechanisms of virulence and pathogenesis in E. coli.-Chapter 5. Bovine reservoir of STEC and EPEC: advances and new contributions.- Chapter 6. Phages and Escherichia coli.- Chapter 7. Insights into animal carriage and pathogen surveillance in Latin America: the case of STEC and APEC.- Chapter 8. Shiga Toxin and its effect on the Central Nervous System.- Chapter 9. Relevance of Escherichia coli in fresh produce safety.- Chapter 10. Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome due to Beef Consumption: Impact of Interventions to Reduce the Presence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli.- Chapter 11. An Updated Overview on the Resistance and Virulence of UPEC.- Chapter 12. Interactions of pathogenic Escherichia coli with gut microbiota.- Chapter 13. Emergence of Hybrid Escherichia coli Strains.- Chapter 14. Genomic analysis of pathogenic E. coli strains in Latin America.- Chapter 15. Therapeutic options for diarrheagenic Escherichia coli.