Present characteristics of symptomatic Entamoeba histolytica infection in the big cities of Japan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-60

  Ohnishi, K ^a   Kato, Y ^a   Imamura, A ^b   Fukayama, M ^c   Tsunoda, T ^d   Sakaue, Y ^e   Sakamoto, M ^f   Sagara, H ^f  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Toshima Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital   (Japan)

^d Department of Dentistry Oral surgery   (Japan)

^e OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f YOKOHAMA MUNICIPAL CITIZEN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 1242307321     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803001389     Document Type: Article

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