Waterborne outbreak of intestinal microsporidiosis in persons with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2003-2008

  Cotte, Laurent ^a   Rabodonirina, Meja ^b   Chapuis, François ^c   Bailly, François ^a   Bissuel, François ^a   Raynal, Cyril ^a   Gelas, Patrick ^a   Persat, Florence ^b   Piens, Marie Antoinette ^b   Trepo, Christian ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; LAKE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032728385     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315112     Document Type: Article

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