Human intestinal spirochaetosis in Parma: A focus on a selected population during 2002-2005

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Peruzzi, Simona ^a   Gorrini, Chiara ^a   Piccolo, Giovanna ^a   Calderaro, Adriana ^a   Dettori, Giuseppe ^a   Chezzi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Faecal samples; Intestinal spirochaetosis; Prevalence; RFLP PCR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYSPIRA AALBORGI; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPIROCHETE INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS;

EID: 36248930558     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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