Variability of Shigella flexneri serotypes in Israel during a period of two years: 2000 and 2001

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-56

  Vasilev, V ^a   Andorn, N ^a   Japheth, R ^a   Agmon, V ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISRAEL; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SEX RATIO; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; REGISTRIES; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1242307318     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880300147X     Document Type: Article

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