Locally acquired infection with Entamoeba histolytica in men who have sex with men in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 417-

  Stark, Damien J ^a   Fotedar, Rashmi ^a   Ellis, John T ^b   Harkness, John L ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; AMPLICON; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MORBIDITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750174376     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00636.x     Document Type: Letter

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