Emerging pathogen Cyclospora cayetanensis infection in Nepal

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages 143-150

  Sherchand, Jeevan B ^a   Cross, John H ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SEWAGE; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEWAGE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0042832574     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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