Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli 0157, Kinshasa [9]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 968-969

  Koyange, Louis ^a   Ollivier, Gaelle ^b   Muyembe, Jean Jacques ^a   Kebela, Benoit ^b   Gouali, Malika ^c   Germani, Yves ^d  

^a Inst Natl de la Rech Biomedicale   (Congo)

^b MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Congo)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SEROCONVERSION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 2142768223     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1005.031034     Document Type: Letter

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