Population-based laboratory surveillance for Giardia sp. and Cryptosporidium sp. infections in a large Canadian health region

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Laupland, Kevin B ^a   Church, Deirdre L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CANADA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 27244450754     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-72     Document Type: Article

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