Enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot analysis of a cryptosporidiosis outbreak on a United States Coast Guard cutter

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 110-118

  Moss, Delynn M ^a   Bennett, Siiri N ^b   Arrowood, Michael J ^a   Wahlquist, Suzanne P ^a   Lammie, Patrick J ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031953519     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.110     Document Type: Article

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