An outbreak of gastroenteritis of unknown origin in Tehran, July 2003

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1138-1140

  Ranjbar, R ^a   Salimkhani, E ^b   Sadeghifard, N ^c   Zaeimi Yazdi, J ^d   Morovvati, S ^a   Jonaidi, N ^a   Izadi, M ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Clinic of the CBIRI   (Iran)

^c ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Outbreak; Tehran

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247099389     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.1138.1140     Document Type: Article

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