A serological study of Cryptosporidium transmission in a periurban area of a Brazilian Northeastern city

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1096-1104

  Teixeira, M C A ^a,b   Barreto, M L ^a   Melo, C ^a   Silva, L R ^a   Moraes, L R S ^a   Alcantara Neves N M ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Environmental sanitation measures; Seroprevalence; Transmission; Water supply

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERIURBAN AREA; PROTOZOAN; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SANITATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; SALVADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 34548689619     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01892.x     Document Type: Article

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