Causative Species and Serotypes of Shigellosis in Mainland China: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Chang, Zhili ^a   Lu, Shuting ^b   Chen, Lihong ^a   Jin, Qi ^a   Yang, Jian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOGEN BIOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FLEXNERI; SALMONELLA SONNEI; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHINA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 84871435900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052515     Document Type: Article

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