High number of diarrhoeal co-infections in travellers to Benin, West Africa

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lääveri, Tinja ^a   Pakkanen, Sari H ^b   Antikainen, Jenni ^a   Riutta, Jukka ^c   Mero, Sointu ^a   Kirveskari, Juha ^a   Kantele, Anu ^a,b,c,d  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Aava Medical Centre   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; EAEC; EPEC; ETEC; qPCR; Salmonella; TD; Traveller's diarrhoea; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BENIN; CAMPYLOBACTER; COINFECTION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; TRAVEL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BENIN; CAMPYLOBACTER; COINFECTION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; TRAVEL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893655813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-81     Document Type: Article

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