Human infection with cyclospora

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 143-150

  Clarke, S C ^a,b   McIntyre, M ^a  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. cayetanensis; Coccidian protozoan; Cyclospora; Diarrhoeal disease

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CYCLOSPORA; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 0029884721     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-199607000-00003     Document Type: Review

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