Cryptosporidium spp., a frequent cause of diarrhea among children at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 216-219

  Adjei, Andrew Anthony ^a   Armah, Henry ^a   Rodrigues, Onike ^a   Renner, Lornna ^a   Borketey, Patience ^a   Ayeh Kumi, Patrick ^a   Adiku, Theophilus ^a   Sifah, Eric ^a   Lartey, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GHANA; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NAUSEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VOMITING; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 9144253202     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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