High disease burden of diarrhea due to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli among rural Egyptian infants and young children.
J Clin Microbiol
; 41(10): 4862-4, 2003 Oct.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14532244
ABSTRACT
The incidence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhea among Egyptian children was 1.5 episodes per child per year and accounted for 66% of all first episodes of diarrhea after birth. The incidence increased from 1.7 episodes per child per year in the first 6 months of life to 2.3 in the second 6 months and declined thereafter.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
População Rural
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Toxinas Bacterianas
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Proteínas de Escherichia coli
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Diarreia
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Enterotoxinas
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Escherichia coli
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article