Unique endemicity of cryptosporidiosis in children in Kuwait

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2805-2809

  Sulaiman, Irshad M ^a   Hira, Parsotam R ^b   Zhou, Ling ^a   Al Ali, Faiza M ^c   Al Shelahi, Fatima A ^d   Shweiki, Hussein M ^e   Iqbal, Jamshaid ^b   Khalid, Nabila ^b   Xiao, Lihua ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^d Jahra Hospital   (Kuwait)

^e Mubarak Hospital   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 20444461172     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2805-2809.2005     Document Type: Article

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