Epidemic dysentery in western Kenya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 541-543

  Malakooti, M A ^a,e   Alaii, J ^c   Shanks, G D ^c,d   Phillips Howard, P A ^b,c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d US Army Medical Research Unit   (Kenya)

^e Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysentery; Epidemic; Incidence; Kenya; Shigella dysenteriae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSENTERY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

EID: 0030715309     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90018-3     Document Type: Article

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