Aeromonas-associated diarrhea in children under 5 years: The gems experience

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 774-780

  Qamar, Farah Naz ^a   Nisar, Muhammad Imran ^a   Quadri, Farheen ^a   Shakoor, Sadia ^a   Sow, Samba O ^b   Nasrin, Dilruba ^c   Blackwelder, William C ^c   Wu, Yukun ^c   Farag, Tamer ^c,d   Panchalingham, Sandra ^c   Sur, Dipika ^e   Qureshi, Shahida ^a   Faruque, Abu S G ^f   Saha, Debasish ^g   Alonso, Pedro L ^h,i   Breiman, Robert F ^j   Bassat, Quique ^h,k   Tamboura, B ^a,l   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^e   Kanungo, Suman ^e   Ahmed, Shahnawaz ^g   Hossain, Anowar ^g   Das, Sumon K ^g   Antonio, Martin ^m   Jahangir Hossain, M ^m   Mandomando, Inacio ^h,i   Tennant, Sharon M ^c   Kotloff, Karen L ^c   Levine, Myron M ^c   Zaidi, Anita K M ^d   Mintz, Eric D ⁿ   more..

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Mali)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^f ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^g INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^j CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^k CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^l CNAM CVD Mali   (Mali)

^m MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

ⁿ NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SHIGELLA; STUNTING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AEROMONAS; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; SHIGELLA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84990193525     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0321     Document Type: Article

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