Escherichia coli 0157: H7 reservoir, transmission, diagnosis and the African situation: A review

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 271-276

  Raji, M A ^a   Jiwa, S F H ^a   Minga, M U ^a   Gwakisa, P S ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL; CATTLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE VECTORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 23944464541     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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