Carriage rate of Haemophilus influenzae among preschool children in Turkey

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 179-182

  Oguzkaya Artan, Muge ^a   Baykan, Zeynep ^a   Artan, Cem ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Nuh Naci Yazgan Chest Diseases Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; THROAT CULTURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VACCINATION;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; OROPHARYNX; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 34548397262     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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