Prevalence of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in children from León, Nicaragua

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 630-637

  Vilchez, Samuel ^a,b   Reyes, Daniel ^a,c   Paniagua, Margarita ^a,c   Bucardo, Filemon ^a,c,d   Möllby, Roland ^c   Weintraub, Andrej ^b  

^a en el Jardín botánico ambiental de la UNAN León   (Nicaragua)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; NICARAGUA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67650502824     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007369-0     Document Type: Article

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