Parasitic gut infections

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 597-600

  Rossignol, Jean François ^a  

^a Romark Institute for Medical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTERITIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTH; HUMAN; MICROSPORUM; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031739749     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199810000-00012     Document Type: Short Survey

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