Typhoid fever in children aged less than 5 years

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9180, 1999, Pages 734-737

  Sinha, Anju ^a   Sazawal, Sunil ^a,c   Kumar, Ramesh ^a   Sood, Seema ^b   Reddaiah, Vankadara P ^b   Singh, Bir ^b   Rao, Malla ^d   Naficy, Abdolla ^d   Clemens, John D ^d   Bhan, Maharaj K ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Johns H ^*  (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; TYPHOID VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 20244385428     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)09001-1     Document Type: Article

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