Role of Escherichia coli in acute diarrhoea in tribal preschool children of central India

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-46

  Anvikar, Anupkumar R ^a   Dolla, Chandrakumar ^a   Dutta, Shanta ^b   Rao, Vikas G ^a   Gadge, Vijay S ^a   Shukla, Gajadhar P ^a   Rao, Savinder ^a   Karforma, Chandan ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea pathogens; E. coli; India; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PARASITE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STATISTICS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 37349115300     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00892.x     Document Type: Article

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