Short report: Possible Cryptosporidium muris infection in humans

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-72

  Katsumata, Tatsuya ^a   Hosea, Daniel ^b   Ranuh, Ign Gde ^b   Uga, Shoji ^c   Yanagi, Tetsuo ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^d  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; OOCYST; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034078847     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.70     Document Type: Article

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