Enteropathogenic bacteria in the La Paz River of Bolivia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 438-444

  Ohno, Akira ^a   Marui, Ayumi ^b   Castro, Ernest Sanzetenea ^c   Reyes, Armando Alberto Benitez ^c   Elio Calvo, Daniel ^c   Kasitani, Husako ^b   Ishii, Yoshikazu ^a   Yamaguchi, Keizo ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Inst Gastroenterol Boliviano J   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOLIVIA; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN;

AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0030775007     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.438     Document Type: Article

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