Epidemiologic survey of Blastocystis hominis infection in Japan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 370-374

  Horiki, Noriyuki ^a   Maruyama, Masataka ^a   Fujita, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yonekura, Toshiaki ^a   Minato, Sachiko ^a   Kaneda, Yoshimasa ^b  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SANITATION;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS;

EID: 0030961439     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.370     Document Type: Article

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