Prevalence of Haemophilus inflenzae carriers in the Catalan preschool population

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-304

  Fontanals, D ^a   Bou, R ^b   Pons, I ^a   Sanfeliu, I ^a   Dominguez A ^b   Pineda, V ^a   Renau, J ^a   Munoz C ^c   Latorre, C ^c   Sanchez, F ^d  

^a Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

^b GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; THROAT CULTURE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0034015146     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050480     Document Type: Article

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