Survey of enteropathogenic agents in children with and without diarrhoea in Ghana.
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1990-03
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Ghana Medical Journal
Abstract
A survey was carried out over a period of one
year in a rural setting in Ghana on isolation,
detection and/or identification of enteric
pathogens from children under five years of age
with and without diarrhea. The isolation and
detection rates of Shigella flexneri, Giardia
lamblia and Rotavirus were significantly higher in
children with diarrhea than in controls
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Keywords
enteropathogenic agents, diarrhoea, Ghana