Short report: High incidence of Shigellosis among Peruvian soldiers deployed in the Amazon river basin

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 663-665

  Jones, Franca R ^a   Sanchez, Jose L ^b   Meza, Rina ^a   Batsel, Tanis M ^c   Burga, Rosa ^a   Canal, Enrique ^a   Block, Karla ^a   Perez, Juan ^a   Bautista, Christian T ^b   Escobedo, Jorge ^d   Walz, Stephen E ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b US Military HIV Research Program   (United States)

^c Peterson AFB   (United States)

^d Vargas Guerra   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; SHIGELLA VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERU; RIVER BASIN; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A; SHIGELLOSIS; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; VACCINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A;

EID: 3042577354     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.663     Document Type: Article

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