Intestinal infections: Overview

International Encyclopedia of Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 683-695

  Hamer, D H ^a   Gorbach, S L ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Cholera; Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea; Escherichia coli; Food poisoning; Gastroenteritis; Gastrointestinal diseases; Norovirus; Rotavirus; Salmonella; Shigella; Traveler's diarrhea; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863696966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00570-0     Document Type: Chapter

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