Prevalence of intestinal infections caused by diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in Bedouin infants and young children in Southern Israel

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 482-488

  Porat, Nurith ^a   Levy, Amalia ^a   Fraser, Drora ^a   Deckelbaum, Richard J ^b   Dagan, Ron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Developing world; Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli; DNA probes; Escherichia coli categories

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ARABS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 0031862531     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199806000-00010     Document Type: Article

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