Etiology of diarrhea in children less than five years of age in Ifakara, Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 536-539

  Vargas, Martha ^a   Gascón, Joaquim ^b   Casals, Climent ^a   Schellenberg, David ^b,c   Urassa, Honorati ^c   Kahigwa, Eliseus ^c   Ruiz, Joaquim ^b   Vila, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGELLA; TANZANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS; SHIGELLA;

EID: 2442671589     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.536     Document Type: Article

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