Cryptosporidium parvum prevalence in a group of Turkish children

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Akyön, Yakut ^a   Ergüven, Sibel ^a   Ankan, Sevtap ^a   Yurdakök, Kadriye ^a   Günalp, Ayfer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Cryptosporidiosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 0033107937     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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