Nasopharyngeal carriage rate of Haemophilus influenzae in children aged 7-12 years in Turkey

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 686-688

  Ayyildiz, Ahmet ^a   Aktas, A E ^a   Yazgi, H ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE SMEAR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; THROAT CULTURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CARRIER STATE; CHILD; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL DISEASES; NASOPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0242659259     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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