Epidemiological survey of Blastocystis hominis in Huainan City, Anhui Province, China

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 928-932

  Wang, Ke Xia ^a   Li, Chao Pin ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Cui, Yu Bao ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HEMATOXYLIN; IODINE; STREPTAVIDIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CHINA; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LENS; LENS POWER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SMEAR; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0036792521     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v8.i5.928     Document Type: Article

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