Cryptosporidium infections in mexican children: Clinical, nutritional, enteropathogenic, and diagnostic evaluations

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 254-257

  Enriquez, F Javier ^a   Avila, Carlos R ^b   Santos, Jose Ignacio ^b   Tanaka Kido, Jorge ^b   Vallejo, Octavio ^b   Sterling, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGELLOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0030964368     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.254     Document Type: Article

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