A Comparison of cross-sectional and longitudinal seroepidemiological assessments of Entamoeba-infected populations in South Africa

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages S36-S37

  Jackson, Terry ^a   Reddy, Selvan ^a   Fincham, John ^a   Abd Alla, Mohamed ^b   Welles, Seth ^c   Ravdin, Jonathan ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entamoeba dispar; Entamoeba histolytica; Epidemiology; Serology

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033752958     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(00)00150-8     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar are distinct species: Clinical, epidemiological and serological evidence
2. Biochemical homogeneity of Entamoeba histolytica isolates, especially those from liver abscess
3. Frequency distribution of Entamoeba histolytica zymodemes in a rural South African population