Cryptosporidium parvum in children with diarrhea in Zulia State, Venezuela

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 365-369

  Chacin Bonilla, Leonor ^a,c   Bonilla, Maria C ^b   Soto Torres, Lidiuska ^a   Rios Candida, Ysilma ^a   Sardina, Marta ^b   Enmanuels, Carolina ^b   Parra, Ana M ^a   Sanchez Chavez, Yulaicy ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b Colegio San Vicente de Paul ^*  (Venezuela)

^c Institute of Clinical Investigations   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OOCYST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; VENEZUELA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0030889626     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.365     Document Type: Article

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