Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar infection in children in Bangladesh

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 734-736

  Haque, Rashidul ^b   Faruque, A S G ^a   Hahn, Pauline ^b   Lyerly, David M ^b   Petri Jr , William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031017397     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.3.734     Document Type: Article

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