Prevalence of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Faecal Samples of Some School Children in Enugu State, Nigeria

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-55

  Okafor, Josephine I ^a   Okunji, Priscilla O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; HEALTH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NIGERIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030096721     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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