Serogroup distribution of shigella in Tehran

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 32-35

  Ranjbar, R ^a,b   Soltan Dallal, M M ^a   Pourshafie, M R ^c   Aslani, M M ^c   Majdzadeh, R ^a   Khorramizadeh, M R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Iran; Serogroup distribution; Shigella spp

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847029371     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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