Gastrointestinal Infections and Diarrheal Disease in Ghanaian Infants and Children: An Outpatient Case-Control Study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Krumkamp, Ralf ^a,b   Sarpong, Nimako ^c   Schwarz, Norbert Georg ^a   Adelkofer, Julia ^a   Loag, Wibke ^a   Eibach, Daniel ^a   Hagen, Ralf Matthias ^d   Adu Sarkodie, Yaw ^e   Tannich, Egbert ^a,b   May, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

^c KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^d Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg   (Germany)

^e KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GHANA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SHIGELLA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; OUTPATIENTS;

EID: 84928794149     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003568     Document Type: Article

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