Survey of enteropathogenic agents in children with and without diarrhoea in Ghana
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1990-12
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A survey was carried out over 1 year in a rural area of Ghana on the isolation, detection and/or identification of enteric pathogens from children under 5 years of age with and without diarrhoea. The isolation and detection rate of Shigella flexneri, Shigella dysenteriae, Giardia lamblia and Rotavirus were higher in children with diarrhoea than in controls. Yersinia enterocolitica, Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus were not isolated during the period of this survey. The incidence of other enteropathogenic bacteria and parasites identified in the diarrhoeal and non-diarrhoeal children was calculated and is discussed in this study
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Nakano, T., Binka, F. N., Afari, E. A., Agbodaze, D., Aryeetey, M. E., Mingle, J. A. A., . . . Sakurai, M. (1990). Survey of enteropathogenic agents in children with and without diarrhoea in Ghana. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93(6), 408-412