Prevalence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-associated diarrhoea and carrier state in the developing world

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 370-382

  Wennerås, Christine ^a   Erling, Valdemar ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Kungalv Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carrier rates; Child; Developing countries; Diarrhoea; Enterotoxigenic; Epidemiology; Escherichia coli; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CALCULATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 12144281678     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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