Cryptosporidium hominis diarrhea outbreak and transmission linked to diaper infant use;Brote de diarrea y transmisión de Cryptosporidium hominis asociados al uso de pañal en niños

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 127, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 653-656

  Ortega, María Teresa ^a   Vergara, Alberto ^b   Guimbao, Joaquín ^b,e   Clavel, Antonio ^c   Gavín, Patricia ^c   Ruiz, Andrés ^d  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^b Servicio Aragones de la Salud   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^d Centro de Salud Reboleria   (Spain)

^e Laboratorio de Análisis Clínicos   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Day care center; Diaper infant; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; DAY CARE; DIAPER; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33845409688     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(06)72352-1     Document Type: Article

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