Asymptomatic cryptosporidiosis in a periurban slum setting in Kolkata, India - A pilot study

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 110-111

  Palit, Anup ^a   Sur, Dipika ^a   MitraDhar, Kakali ^a   Saha, Malay Ranjan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN HYGIENE; URBAN POPULATION; ANIMAL; HEALTH; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 19944383471     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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