Pathogens causing community gastroenteritis in Australia

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1685-1690

  Sinclair, Martha I ^a   Hellard, Margaret E ^a   Wolfe, Rory ^a   Mitakakis, Teresa Z ^a   Leder, Karin ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Community; Gastroenteritis; Norovirus; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GIARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOMITING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FECES; GIARDIASIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33644805952     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.04047.x     Document Type: Article

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