Cross-sectional surveys and subtype classification of human Blastocystis isolates from four epidemiological settings in China

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Li, Lan Hua ^a,b   Zhang, Xiao Ping ^c   Lv, Shan ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Yoshikawa, Hisao ^d   Wu, Zhiliang ^e   Steinmann, Peter ^f   Utzinger, Jürg ^f   Tong, Xiao Mei ^a   Chen, Shao Hong ^a   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

BLASTOCYSTIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 35448945256     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0727-0     Document Type: Article

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