Investigation of diarrhea agents less than 5 years of age in summer in Gaziantep/Turkey

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2915-2919

  Kilic, I H ^a   Ozaslan, Mehmet ^a   Karsligil, T ^a   Karagoz I D ^a   Zer, Y ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Entamoeba spp.; Rotavirus; Summer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 35348969011     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2915.2919     Document Type: Article

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