Prevalence of infection with Cryptosporidium parvum and Cyclospora cayetanensis among international travellers

Gut

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 801-804

  Jelinek, T ^a,b   Lotze, M ^a   Eichenlaub, S ^a   Loscher T ^a   Nothdurft, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Dept of Infect Dis and Trop Med ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Cyclospora cayetanensis; Diarrhoea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 0031454421     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.41.6.801     Document Type: Article

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