Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in AIDS patients with diarrhoea in Santa Maria Hospital, Lisbon

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-166

  Matos, Olga ^a   Tomás, Ana ^a   Aguiar, Pedro ^a   Casemore, David ^b   Antunes, Francisco ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cryptosporidiosis; Lisbon; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0031851678     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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