Study on Cyclospora cayetanensis associated with diarrheal disease in Nepal and Lao PDR

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1371-1376

  Kimura, Kenji ^a,b,g   Rai, Shiba Kumar ^c   Rai, Ganesh ^d   Insisiengmay, Sithat ^e   Kawabata, Masato ^b   Karanis, Panagiotis ^f   Uga, Shoji ^b  

^a Maezawa Industries Inc   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^d Nepal   (Nepal)

^e Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g Chez Moi Okurayama 402 ^*  (Japan)

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EID: 33645038948     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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