Factors associated with sporadic verotoxigenic escherichia coli infection in children with diarrhea from the central eastern area of argentina

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 901-906

  Rivero, Mariana Alejandra ^a   Passucci, Juan Antonio ^a   Rodriguez, Edgardo Mario ^a   Signorini, Marcelo Lisandro ^b,c   Tarabla, Héctor Dante ^c,d   Parma, Alberto Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; TRAVEL; VEGETABLE; VEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARGENTINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VEGETABLES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79960516786     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0800     Document Type: Article

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