Typhoid fever in north Lebanon: A 8-year study (1992-1999) using the Widal test;La fièvre typhoïde au nord du Liban: Étude sur 8 ans (1992-1999) utilisant le test de Widal

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 180-186

  Hamze, M ^a   Vincent, P ^b  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TYPHOID FEVER; WINTER;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEVER; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 23844526843     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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