Etiology of diarrheal infections in children of Porto Velho (Rondonia, Western Amazon region, Brazil)

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-517

  Orlandi, P P ^a,c   Magalhaes G F ^a   Matos, N B ^a   Silva, T ^a   Penatti, M ^b   Nogueira, P A ^a   Pereira da Silva, L H ^a  

^a Centro de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Infantil Cosme e Damião SESAU   (Brazil)

^c Microbiologia CEPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diarrheal disease; Enteropathogens; Epidemiology; Escherichia coli; Western Amazon

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 33645819773     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006000400011     Document Type: Article

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