Protozoal colonization of the intestinal tract in institutionalized Romanian children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 456-461

  Brannan, Darin K ^b   Greenfield, Ronald A ^b   Owen, Willis L ^b   Welch, David F ^b   Kuhls, Thomas L ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Oklahoma City   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTAMOEBA; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA;

EID: 0029760467     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.3.456     Document Type: Article

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