Cyclosporiasis outbreak, Indonesia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1453-1455

  Blans, Marjolijn C A ^a   Ridwan, Ben U ^b   Verweij, Jaco J ^c   Rozenberg Arska, Maja ^b   Verhoef, Jan ^b  

^a GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 23944452278     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1109.040947     Document Type: Article

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