Cryptosporidium muris, a rodent pathogen, recovered from a human in Perú

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1174-1176

  Palmer, Carol J ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^b   Terashima, Angélica ^c   Guerra, Humberto ^c   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^c   Saldías, Gustavo ^d   Bonilla, J Alfredo ^a   Zhou, Ling ^b   Lindquist, Alan ^e   Upton, Steve J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERU; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0042316857     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0909.030047     Document Type: Article

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