Enteric parasites and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli in children from Cañazas County, Veraguas Province, Panama

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 267-272

  Gutiérrez, Elena Jiménez ^a   Pineda, Vanessa ^a,b   Calzada, Jose E ^a,b   Guerrant, Richard L ^a   Neto, Jones B Lima ^a   Pinkerton, Relana C ^a   Saldaña, Azael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b The Gorgas Memorial Health Institute   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; ENTERITIS; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANAMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; MALE; PANAMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84907276800     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0438     Document Type: Article

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