Amebic infections due to the Entamoeba histolytica-Entamoeba dispar complex: A study of the incidence in a remote rural area of Ecuador

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 123-127

  Gatti, Simonetta ^a   Swierczynski, Giovanni ^a   Robinson, Francisco ^a   Anselmi, Mariella ^a   Corrales, Javier ^a   Moreira, Juan ^a   Montalvo, Gregorio ^a   Bruno, Antonella ^a   Maserati, Roberta ^a   Bisoffi, Zeno ^a   Scaglia, Massimo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AMEBIASIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLONING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIENTAMOEBA; ECUADOR; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STANDARD; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036655663     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.123     Document Type: Article

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