Epidemiology of Cryptosporidium parvum in symptomatic paediatric oncology patients

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 300-302

  Burgner, D ^a,b   Pikos, N ^a   Eagles, G ^a   McCarthy, A ^a   Stevens, M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Oncology; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033013804     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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