Survey of clinical laboratory practices for parasitic diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages

  Jones, Jeffrey L ^a   Lopez, Adriana ^a   Wahlquist, Susan P ^a   Nadle, Joelle ^b   Wilson, Marianna ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CA Emerging Infections Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MICROSPORUM; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FECES; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DATA COLLECTION; FECES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 2142711682     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381587     Document Type: Review

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