Prevalence of intestinal parasite, Shigella and Salmonella species among diarrheal children in Jimma health center, Jimma southwest Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Beyene, Getenet ^a   Tasew, Haimanot ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Intestinal parasite; Jimma; Salmonella; Shigella; Susceptibility test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARASITES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84893175750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-13-10     Document Type: Article

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