Gender distribution in asymptomatic and invasive amebiasis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1277-1283

  Acuna Soto, R ^a   Maguire, J H ^b,c   Wirth, D F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034021927     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00584-5     Document Type: Article

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