Epidemiology and clinical presentation of shigellosis in children less than five years of age in rural Mozambique

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1059-1061

  Mandomando, Inácio ^a,b,c   Sigaúque, Betuel ^a,b   Vallès, Xavier ^a   Espasa, Mateu ^a   Sanz, Sergi ^c   Sacarlal, Jahit ^a,d   Macete, Eusébio ^a,e   Abacassamo, Fátima ^a,d   Ruiz, Joaquim ^c   Gascon, Joaquim ^c   Kotloff, Karen L ^f   Levine, Myron M ^f   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,c  

^a Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^e Direcção Nacional de Saude Publica   (Mozambique)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Bacillary dysentery; Serotypes; Shigella

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOZAMBIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SWAB; RURAL AREA; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS;

EID: 37349104882     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31812e55a2     Document Type: Article

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