A two-year study of enteric infections associated with diarrhoeal diseases in children in Urban Somalia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 637-641

  Casalino, Mariassunta ^a   Yusuf, Maryan W ^b   Nicoletti, Mauro ^c   Bazzicalupo, Paolo ^d   Coppo, Anna ^a   Colonna, Bianca ^a   Cappelli, Chiara ^a   Biaachioi, Corrado ^a   Falbo, Vincenzo ^e   Ahmed, Hinda J ^b   Omar, Kadigia H ^b   Maxamuud, Khalif B ^b   Maimone, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SOMALI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Somalia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENTERITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEMATODE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; ROTAVIRUS; SEASON; SHIGELLA; SHORT SURVEY; SOMALIA; URBAN POPULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SOMALIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0023682873     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(88)90542-1     Document Type: Article

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