Enteric fever in Mediterranean north Africa.

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Published in J Infect Dev Ctries on December 15, 2009

Authors

Khalifa Sifaw Ghenghesh1, Ezzedin Franka, Khaled Tawil, Momtaz O Wasfy, Salwa F Ahmed, Salvatore Rubino, John D Klena

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. ghenghesh_micro@yahoo.com

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