Cryptosporidiosis in a tertiary care hospital

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 207-209

  Sethi, S ^a   Sehgal, R ^a   Malla, N ^a   Mahajan, R C ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033182482     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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