Importance of the detection of amoebic antigens in stool samples for the diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica infection, among children in southern Turkey

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-150

  Koltas, I S ^a   Demirhindi, H ^a   Hazar, S ^b   Ozcan, K ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEY (BIRD); ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TURKEY;

EID: 34548186212     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X156960     Document Type: Article

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