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. 2018 Mar;98(3):814-815.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0327. Epub 2018 Jan 18.

Diarrhegenic Escherichia coli Replaces Shigella spp. as the Predominant Bacteria Causing Childhood Diarrhea in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

P Ramya Raghavan  1 , Sugunan Attayoor Purushothaman  1 , Thamizhmani Ramanathan  1 , Subarna Roy  2
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Diarrhegenic Escherichia coli Replaces Shigella spp. as the Predominant Bacteria Causing Childhood Diarrhea in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

P Ramya Raghavan et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Mar.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A) Number of cases of childhood diarrhea caused by diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Shigella spp. (B) The proportion of childhood diarrhea cases attributable to these by years in Andaman Island. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Year-wise number of tourists visiting Andaman and Nicobar Island. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
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