Enteric pathogens associated with diarrhea in children in Fayoum, Egypt

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  El Mohamady, Hanon ^a   Abdel Messih, Ibrahim A ^a   Youssef, Fouad G ^a   Said, Mohamad ^c   Farag, Hossaini ^c   Shaheen, Hind I ^a   Rockabrand, David M ^a   Luby, Stephen B ^b   Hajjeh, Rana ^a   Sanders, John W ^a   Monteville, Marshall R ^a   Klena, John D ^a   Frenck, Robert W ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Egypt; Enteric pathogens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMAN; INFANT; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; EGYPT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33747792374     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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