Low prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum in hospitalized children in Kota Bharu, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 319-322

  Menon, B S ^a,c   Shukri Abdullah, M D ^a   Mahamud, F ^a   Morgan, U M ^c   Malik, A S ^a   Choo, K E ^b   Singh, B ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b General Hospital Kota Bharu   (Malaysia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0041815986     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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