Cyclospora infection: A review

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 632-636

  Connor, B A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidia; Diarrhoea; Malabsorption; Parasite

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MEPACRINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; TINIDAZOLE;

ANOREXIA; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; CYCLOSPORA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; NAUSEA; NEPAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ASIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; LITERATURE REVIEW; NEPAL; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; SOUTHERN ASIA; TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COCCIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; TRAVEL; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0031469235     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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