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Original Article

Community-acquired infectious diarrhoea in children under 5 years of age in Dakar, Senegal

Jean-Marie SireLaboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy-Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Poissy, France;Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, SenegalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Benoit GarinLaboratoire de Biologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal;Laboratoire de Bactériologie Expérimentale, Institut Pasteur, Tananarive, Madagascar
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Loic ChartierUnité d’Epidémiologie des Maladies Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Ndeye Khota FallLaboratoire de Biologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal
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Adama TallService d’EpidémiologieInstitut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal
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Abdoulaye SeckLaboratoire de Biologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal
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François-Xavier WeillUnité des Bactéries Pathogènes EntériquesInstitut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Sébastien BreurecLaboratoire de Biologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal
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Muriel VrayUnité d’Epidémiologie des Maladies Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Pages 139-144 | Received 06 Jul 2012, Accepted 22 Nov 2012, Published online: 03 Dec 2013

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