Giardiasis

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 93-100

  Wolfe, Martin S ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENOXON; FURAZOLIDONE; MEPACRINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; TINIDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMAL; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN;

EID: 0026543179     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.5.1.93     Document Type: Article

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