Significance of Cryptosporidium in acute diarrhoea in North-Eastern India

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 523-526

  Nath, Gopal ^a   Choudhury, A ^a   Shukla, B N ^a   Singh, T B ^a   Reddy, D C S ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032848871     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-48-6-523     Document Type: Article

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