Cryptosporidium sp. in children suffering from acute diarrhea at Uberlândia City, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 551-554

  Gennari Cardoso, Margareth Leitão ^a   Costa Cruz, Julia Maria ^a   De Castro, Eliseo ^a   Lima, Leda Maria F S ^a   Prudente, Divino V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis in children; Cryptosporidium sp.; Intestinal parasites

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 0030224349     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761996000500003     Document Type: Article

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