Cyclospora cayetanensis and other intestinal parasites associated with diarrhea in a rural area of Jordan

International Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-135

  Nimri, Laila F ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Coccidian parasites; Cryptosporidium spp.; Cyclospora cayetanensis; Food borne; Jordan rural areas

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; DRINKING WATER; FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DIARRHEA; EATING; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FISHER EXACT TEST; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; JORDAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; RURAL AREA;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0141958290     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10123-003-0121-4     Document Type: Article

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