Utility of a polymerase chain reaction diagnostic system in a study of the epidemiology of shigellosis among dysentery patients, family contacts, and well controls living in a shigellosis-endemic area.

Gaudio, P A; Sethabutr, O; Echeverria, P; Hoge, C W

Gaudio, P A; Sethabutr, O; Echeverria, P; Hoge, C W.

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Gaudio PA; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.

J Infect Dis ; 176(4): 1013-8, 1997 Oct.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9333160

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Antigens, Bacterial; Dysentery, Bacillary/diagnosis; Escherichia coli Infections/diagnosis; Escherichia coli/isolation & purification; Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods; Shigella/isolation & purification; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacteriological Techniques; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child, Preschool; Contact Tracing/methods; Dysentery, Bacillary/epidemiology; Dysentery, Bacillary/genetics; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/growth & development; Escherichia coli Infections/epidemiology; Escherichia coli Infections/genetics; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Middle Aged; Molecular Epidemiology; Prevalence; Shigella/genetics; Shigella/growth & development; Thailand/epidemiology

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Shigella / Polymerase Chain Reaction / Dysentery, Bacillary / Escherichia coli / Escherichia coli Infections / Antigens, Bacterial Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Child / Child, preschool / Humans / Infant / Middle aged / Newborn Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: J Infect Dis Year: 1997 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States

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