Carriage of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli by older children and adults in Accra, Ghana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 504-506

  Opintan, Japheth A ^a   Bishar, Rima A ^b   Newman, Mercy J ^a   Okeke, Iruka N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Diffusely adherent Escherichia coli; Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli; Ghana

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77954218877     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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