Role of protozoa as risk factors for persistent diarrhea

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-26

  Bhandari, Nita ^a   Bahl, Rajiv ^a   Dua, Tarun ^a   Kumar, Ramesh ^a   Srivastava, Ranjana ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Entamoeba histolytica; Giardia lamblia; Persistent diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0032967833     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02752345     Document Type: Article

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