Incidence of Vibrio cholerae O1 diarrhea in children at the onset of a cholera epidemic in periurban Lima, Peru

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 415-418

  Gil, Ana I ^a   Lanata, Claudio F ^a   Butron, Betzabe ^a   Gabilondo, Ana ^a   Molina, Margarita ^a   Bravo, Nora ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

Author keywords

children; cholera; diarrhea; incidence; Peru; Vibrio cholerae O1 epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; O ANTIGENS; PERU; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; URBAN POPULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029874449     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199605000-00007     Document Type: Article

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