Respiratory infection and iatrogenic diarrhea in Honduras and El Salvador during the 1991-1992 season

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 260-264

  Reyes, Miguel ^a,b   Hedlund, Kjell Olof ^b   Lorenzana, Ivette ^c   Ehrnst, Anneka ^b  

^a Univ Nac Autonoma de El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; EL SALVADOR; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONDURAS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0029936858     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.260     Document Type: Article

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