Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Ngoila (Cameroon) during an outbreak of bloody diarrhoea

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9128, 1998, Pages 625-626

  Germani, Yves ^a   Cunin, Patrick ^b   Tedjouka, Etienne ^b   Ncharre, Choua Bou ^b   Morvan, Jacques ^b   Martin, Paul ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

EID: 0032558303     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79581-7     Document Type: Article

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