Epidemiological and clinical profiles of acute invasive diarrhoea with special reference to mucoid episodes: A rural community-based longitudinal study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 544-547

  Gupta, D N ^a   Sircar, B K ^a   Sengupta, P G ^a   Ghosh, S ^a   Banu, M K ^a   Mondal, S K ^a   Saha, D R ^a   De, S P ^a   Sikdar, S N ^a   Manna, B ^a   Dutta, S ^a   Saha, N C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Entamoeba histolytica; Faecal leucocyte count; Prognosis; Salmonella spp.; Shigella spp.

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGELLA;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 16044370781     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90315-6     Document Type: Article

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