Prospective study of enteropathogens in two communities of Misiones, Argentina Estudio prospectivo de enteropatógenos en dos comunidades de Misiones, Argentina

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Marta Vergara, Marina Quiroga, Sandra Grenon, Eduardo Pegels, Patricia Oviedo, Jorge Deschutter, Marta Rivas, Norma Binsztein, Raul Claramount
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1996
• Subjects: Acute diarrhoea; Epidemiology; Infection; Risk factor; Morbidity; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Argentina; Misiones; Dolores
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651996000500004; https://doaj.org/article/c3682eb5560648079f6423e10cf4349d

Children under five years of age, from two communities of different socio-economic strata (97 from Zaiman and 55 from Las Dolores) were examined epidemiologically during 2 years, by means of quarterly visits of the working team, who carried out the collection of faecal samples. During the study, one...