A rational approach to the stool ova and parasite examination

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 972-978

  Branda, John A ^a   Lin, Tai Yuan David ^a   Rosenberg, Eric S ^a   Halpern, Elken F ^a   Ferrero, Mary Jane ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; OOCYTE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIENTAMOEBA; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITES;

EID: 33645056675     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500937     Document Type: Article

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