The Spread of Shigella dysenteriae Type I in Africa

Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Wittenberg, Dankwart F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGO; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; RWANDA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLOSIS; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SOMALIA;

EID: 0032438027     PISSN: 00215112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.51.Supplement1_S36     Document Type: Article

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