Profiles of enteropathogens in asymptomatic children from indigenous communities of Mérida, Venezuela

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-285

  Velasco, Judith ^a   González, Fanny ^a   Díaz, Tulia ^a   Peña Guillén, Jesús ^a   Araque, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic children; Enteropathogens; Indigenous communities

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLOSIS; VENEZUELA;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SALMONELLA;

EID: 79955844684     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1162     Document Type: Article

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