Prevalence of acute diarrhoea in Kathmandu valley

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 46, Issue 168, 2007, Pages 175-179

  Karki, Aarati ^a   Tiwari, B R ^b  

^a Nepalgunj Medical College   (Nepal)

^b Blood Bank   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Prevalence; Shigella; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 42249084926     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.261     Document Type: Article

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