Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis - Associated diarrhea in children 0-2 years of age in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1245-1252

  Pathela, Preeti ^a   Hasan, K Zahid ^b   Roy, Eliza ^b   Alam, Korshed ^b   Huq, Fazlul ^b   Siddique, A Kasem ^b   Sack, R Bradley ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BANGLADESH; CHICKEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HOST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE CULTURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; BANGLADESH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS;

EID: 17044417160     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428947     Document Type: Article

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