Haemophilus influenzae colonization and its risk factors in children aged <2 years in northern India

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-160

  Sekhar, S ^a   Chakraborti, A ^a   Kumar, R ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CROWDING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; AGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HETEROZYGOTE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SEROTYPING; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 61549140741     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880800071X     Document Type: Article

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