Novel and challenging infections of Man. A brief overview

Parassitologia

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 33-42

  Peters, W ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Bacteria; Coccidia; Drug resistance; Emerging infections; Filariasis; Genomics; Helminths; HIV AIDS; Leishmaniasis; Malaria; Microsporidia; Opportunistic infections; Prions; Viruses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MICROBIOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PRION DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036594095     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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