Detection of Cryptosporidium amongst diarrhoeic and asymptomatic children in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 505-510

  Al Braiken, F A ^a,b,c   Amin, A ^a   Beeching, N J ^b   Hommel, M ^b   Hart, C A ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OUTPATIENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SAMPLING; SAUDI ARABIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOSPORA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORA BELLI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042848846     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803235002470     Document Type: Article

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