Current epidemiological status of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Africa

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-222

  Raji, Mashood Abiola ^a   Minga, Uswege ^b   Machangu, Robert ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Animal; Escherichia col O157; Humans

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CENTRAL AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; KENYA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; WATER CONTAMINATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION;

AFRICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS;

EID: 33645750835     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200602010-00008     Document Type: Article

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