Cryptosporidiosis and microsporidiosis in Ugandan children with persistent diarrhea with and without concurrent infection with the human immunodeficiency virus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 921-925

  Tumwine, James K ^b   Kekitiinwa, Addy ^b   Bakeera Kitaka, Sabrina ^b   Ndeezi, Grace ^b   Downing, Robert ^b   Feng, Xiaochuan ^a   Akiyoshi, Donna E ^a   Tzipori, Saul ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUNTING SYNDROME; SUPERINFECTION; THRUSH; UGANDA; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; ZOONOSIS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 28044434672     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.921     Document Type: Article

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