Intestinal parasites in patients with diarrhea and human immunodeficiency virus infection in Zimbabwe

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 819-821

  Gumbo, Tawanda ^e   Sarbah, Steedman ^a   Gangaidzo, Innocent T ^b   Ortega, Ynes ^c   Sterling, Charles R ^c   Carville, Angela ^d   Tzipori, Saul ^d   Wiest, Peter M ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Cyclospora; Diarrhea; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; HIV; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; WATER SUPPLY; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; EIMERIIDA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032950681     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199905070-00011     Document Type: Article

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