Serological investigations for the cause of diarrhoea among patients and personnel in the Minna and Abeokuta Hospitals/Nigeria.
188 blood samples were investigated for antibodies against bacteria causing diarrhoea in two hospitals in Minna and Abeokuta in Nigeria. Antibodies were found against Entamoeba histolytica, Yersinia enterocolitica, Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi C, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella sonnei, Shigella boydii, Shigella flexneri and Rotavirus.
Hygiene-Institute of the University of Graz, Austria.
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Rosegger
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D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D010361:Patients; D012698:Serologic Tests
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial