Epidemiology of shigellosis among children exposed to cases of Shigella dysentery: A multivariate assessment

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 258-264

  Ahmed, Faruque ^a   Clemens, John D ^b   Rao, Malla R ^b   Ansaruzzaman, Mohammed ^c   Haque, Emdadul ^c  

^a Mutual of Omaha   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; FECES CULTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLOSIS;

SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0030929846     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.258     Document Type: Article

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