Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli diarrhoea in children in Tehran

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-39

  Salmanzadeh Ahrabi, Siavosh ^a   Habibi, Effat ^a   Jaafari, Fereshteh ^a   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; PATHOGEN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN; WORLD;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 14944358596     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532805X23335     Document Type: Article

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