Epidemic dysentery in western Kenya
- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 91 (5) , 541-543
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(97)90018-3
Abstract
This paper describes the epidemiology of a probable Shigella dysemeriae type 1 dysentery epidemic in western Kenya. A retrospective record review oveKeywords
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