Analysis of fecal leukocytes and erythrocytes in Shigella infections in urban Bangladesh

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 747-754

  Khan, Ashraful I ^a   Huq, Sayeeda ^a   Malek, Mohammed A ^a   Hossain, Md Iqbal ^a   Talukder, Kaisar A ^a   Faruque, Abu S G ^a,b   Salam, Mohammed A ^a  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^b ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

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EID: 33750207974     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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