Distribution patterns of Salmonella infection in Rawalpindi/Islamabad area and the risk factors associated with the disease prevalence

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-260

  Khanum, Sofia ^a   Noor us Saba, ^b   Qayyum, Mazhar ^a   ul Islam, Badar ^c   Qazilbash, Ali Abbas ^c  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^c United Nations Industrial Development Organization Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Islamabad; Rawalpindi; Salmonella paratyphi A; Salmonella typhi

Indexed keywords

SELENITE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PARENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEX RATIO; VOMITING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA SP.; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 33645343039     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.253.260     Document Type: Article

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