Prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in a highly endemic rural population

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages S34-S35

  Ramos, Fernando ^a   Valdez, Edith ^c   Morán, Patricia ^c   González, Enrique ^a   Padilla, Guadalupe ^c   Gómez, Alejandro ^c   Ramiro, Manuel ^b   Melendro, Emma I ^a   Muñoz, Onofre ^c   Clark, C Graham ^d   Ximénez, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL 1 DE OCTUBRE   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entamoeba dispar; Entamoeba histolytica; Epidemiology; PCR characterization; Rural prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17144468079     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(00)00106-5     Document Type: Article

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