Prevalence of Viral, Bacterial and Parasitic Enteropathogens among Young Children with Acute Diarrhoea in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-30

  El Sheikh, Soliman M ^a   El Assouli, Sufian M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Diarrhoea, infantile; Electropherotypes; Enteropathogens; Epidemiology; Rotavirus; Saudi Arabia; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROTYPING; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0035290269     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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