The aetiologic agents of bacterial diarrhoea in the children of the former East Central State of Nigeria

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-232

  Anyanwu, B N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogens; Diarrhoea; Enteropathogenic E. coli; Salmonella sp.; Shigella sp.; Vibrio cholerae; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SP.; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0030931763     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603129773850     Document Type: Article

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