Campylobacter Infection in Children in Malawi Is Common and Is Frequently Associated with Enteric Virus Co-Infections

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Mason, Jenifer ^a   Iturriza Gomara, Miren ^a   O'Brien, Sarah J ^a   Ngwira, Bagrey M ^b   Dove, Winifred ^a   Maiden, Martin C J ^c   Cunliffe, Nigel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERIC VIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 84875480594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059663     Document Type: Article

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