Cryptosporidiosis in HIV-positive patients from Medellín, Colombia

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Navarro I Martinez, Luis ^a,b   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^b   Botero Garces, Jorge H ^c   Montoya Palacio, Martha N ^c   Del Aguila, Carmen ^d   Bornay Llinares, Fernando J ^a,e  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANTIOQUIA; COLOMBIA; MEDELLIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33751355678     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00167.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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