Epidemiology and treatment of Cyclospora cayetanensis infection in Peruvian children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 977-981

  Madico, Guillermo ^b   McDonald, Jeffrey ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^a   Cabrera, Lilia ^b   Sterling, Charles R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WINTER;

EID: 0030893862     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.5.977     Document Type: Article

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