Entamoeba histolytica outbreaks in institutions for the mentally retarded

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 135-136

  Abe, Niichiro ^a   Nishikawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Yasukawa, Akira ^a   Haruki, Kosuke ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENTAL RETARDATION; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 0032858357     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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