Community-acquired diarrhea among children and adults in urban settings in Senegal: Clinical, epidemiological and microbiological aspects

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sambe Ba, Bissoume ^a   Espié, Emmanuelle ^b   Faye, Mamadou E ^a   Timbiné, Lassina G ^a   Sembene, Mbacké ^c   Gassama Sow, Amy ^a,c  

^a Epidemiology Unit Pasteur Institute of Dakar   (Senegal)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Adults; Bacteria; Children; Diarrhea; Parasite; sub Saharan Africa; Virus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SALMONELLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENEGAL; SHIGELLA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENEGAL; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889797748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-580     Document Type: Article

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