Cryptosporidium infection in diarrheic children in Southeastern Iran

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 86-88

  Hamedi, Yaghoob ^a   Safa, Omid ^a   Haidari, Mehregan ^a  

^a HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Diarrhea; Intestinal parasite; Iran

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEWAGE; UNDERWEIGHT; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13944267183     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000148932.68982.ec     Document Type: Article

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