High seroprevalence of Encephalitozoon species in immunocompetent subjects

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1020-1024

  Van Gool, Tom ^a   Vetter, J C M ^c   Weinmayr, B ^b   Van Dam, A ^c   Derouin, F ^c   Dankert, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION RISK; MICROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 0030934909     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513963     Document Type: Article

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