Outbreak of amebiasis in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 1998

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 623-631

  Barwick, Rachel S ^a,b,c   Uzicanin, Amra ^a,b,c   Lareau, Susan ^a,b,c   Malakmadze, Naile ^a,b,c   Imnadze, Paata ^a,b,c   Iosava, Merab ^a,b,c   Ninashvili, Nana ^a,b,c,d   Wilson, Marianna ^a,b,c   Hightower, Allen W ^a,b,c   Johnston, Stephanie ^a,b,c   Bishop, Henry ^a,b,c   Petri Jr , William A ^a,b,c   Juranek, Dennis D ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c National Center for Disease Control   (Georgia)

^d Ministry of Health   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; LIVER ABSCESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036908560     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.623     Document Type: Article

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