Epidemiological study on infectious diarrheal diseases in children in a coastal rural area of Kenya

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 773-778

  Saidi, Suleiman M ^a   Iijima, Yoshio ^a,b   Sang, William K ^a   Mwangudza, Anderson K ^a   Oundo, Joseph O ^a   Taga, Kenichiro ^a   Aihara, Masanori ^a   Nagayama, Kenichi ^b   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Waiyaki, Peter G ^a   Honda, Takeshi ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Diarrhea; Epidemiology; Kenya

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KENYA; ROTAVIRUS; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030689843     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01925.x     Document Type: Article

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