Seropositivity for and intestinal colonization with Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in individuals in northeastern Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3044-3045

  Braga, Lucia L ^a   Mendonca, Yacy ^b   Paiva, Clece A ^a   Sales, Andrea ^a   Cavalcante, Andre L M ^a   Mann, Barbara J ^c  

^a Walter Cantidio University Hospital   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REINFECTION; SAMPLING; SEROCONVERSION;

ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA; SLUM;

EID: 0031705715     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.3044-3045.1998     Document Type: Article

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