Multiyear prospective study of intestinal parasitism in a cohort of Peace Corps volunteers in Guatemala

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-42

  Herwaldt, B L ^a   De Arroyave, K R ^a   Wahlquist, S P ^a   De Merida, A M ^a   Lopez, A S ^a   Juranek, D D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; COHORT STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HARTMANNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0035166363     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.34-42.2001     Document Type: Article

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