Laboratory diagnosis of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in faecal samples in Norway;Underdiagnostiseres innenlandssmittede Cryptosporidium- og Giardia-infeksjoner i Norge?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 123, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 3406-3409

  Nygård, Karin ^b   Vold, Line ^a   Robertson, Lucy ^b   Lassen, Jørgen ^b  

^a Divisjon for Smittevern   (Norway)

^b Norges Veterinrhgskole ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; ANIMAL; DIARRHEA; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 18144452715     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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