Prevalence of intestinal parasites in Cuban acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients

Acta Tropica

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-130

  Escobedo, Angel Arturo ^a   Núñez, Fidel Angel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Cryptosporidium spp.; Cyclospora cayetanensis; Intestinal parasites; Isospora belli; Opportunistic intestinal protozoa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CUBA; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA BELLI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORIDA; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CUBA; FECES; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISOSPORA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0344628874     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00091-6     Document Type: Article

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