Influence of enteric bacteria, parasite infections and nutritional status on diarrhoea occurrence among 6-60 months old children admitted at a Regional Hospital in Morogoro, Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Oketcho, Rebecca ^a   Nyaruhucha, Cornelio N M ^a   Taybali, Saifuddin ^b   Karimuribo, Esron D ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b Morogoro Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Children; Diarrhoea; Enteric bacteria; Enteric parasites; Nutritional status; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; SALMONELLA; SAMPLING; SANITATION; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; TANZANIA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84862695880     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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