Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Associated with Persistent Diarrhea in a Cohort of Rural Children in India

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 1061-1064

  Bhan, M K ^a,b   Raj, P ^a,b   Levine, M M ^a,b   Kaper, J B ^a,b   Bhandari, N ^a,b   Srivastava, R ^a,b   Kumar, R ^a,b   Sazawal, S ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024364342     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/159.6.1061     Document Type: Article

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