Clinical analysis of a dysentery outbreak in Taichung

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-21

  Lai, Shih Wei ^a   Lin, Hsiao Chuan ^a   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^a   Liu, Chiu Shong ^a   Shih, Yung Tai ^a   Peng, Ching Tien ^a   Tsai, Chang Hai ^a   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^a   Ng, Kim Choy ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amebic dysentery; Shigella sonnei dysentery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSENTERY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; TAIWAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHIGELLA SONNEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 0034039946     PISSN: 00016578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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