Shigella outbreak in an elementary school;Brote de shigelosis en una escuela de educatión básica

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 122-128

  Soledad Carrasco, L ^a,d   Veronica Solari, G M V ^b   Valeria Prado, J ^c   Lorna Suazo, C ^a   Carolina Arellano, C T A ^c   Margarita Hernandez, C E U ^c   Cecilia Espinoza, A E U ^a  

^a Servicio de Salud Metropolitano Central   (Chile)

^b Servicio de Salud Metropolitano del Ambiente   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d Unidad de Epidemiologia SSMC   (Chile)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Outbreak; School children; Shigella sonnei

Indexed keywords

EID: 52849098753     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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