Epidemiological Characteristics of Imported Shigellosis in Korea, 2010-2011

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-165

  Kim, Hee Jung ^a   Youn, Seung Ki ^a   Lee, Sangwon ^a   Choi, Yeon Hwa ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asia; Epidemiological characteristic; Imported shigellosis; Korea

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BRAZIL; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILL; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EGYPT; FECES COLOR; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; KOREA; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLIA; MYANMAR; NAUSEA; NEPAL; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SUDAN; TAIWAN; TENESMUS; THAILAND; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84879322584     PISSN: 22109099     EISSN: 22109110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrp.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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