Infection, diarrhea, and dysentery caused by shigella species and Campylobacter jejuni among guatemalan rural children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 216-223

  Cruz, Jose Ramiro ^a   Cano, Floridalma ^a   Bartlett, Alfred V ^a   Méndez, Humberto ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Diarrhea; Dysentery; Guatemalan children; Shigella spp.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SHIGELLA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028201359     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199403000-00010     Document Type: Article

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