Fatal Outbreak from Consuming Xanthium strumarium Seedlings during Time of Food Scarcity in Northeastern Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Gurley, Emily S ^a   Rahman, Mahmudur ^b   Hossain, M Jahangir ^a   Nahar, Nazmun ^a   Faiz, M Abul ^b   Islam, Nazrul ^c   Sultana, Rebeca ^a   Khatun, Selina ^b   Uddin, Mohammad Zashim ^d   Haider, M Sabbir ^b   Islam, M Saiful ^a   Ahmed, Be Nazir ^b   Rahman, Muhammad Waliur ^a   Mondal, Utpal Kumar ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^a,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

^c BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PLANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STARVATION; VOMITING; XANTHIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; STARVATION; VOMITING; XANTHIUM;

EID: 79952115453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009756     Document Type: Article

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