An outbreak of cryptosporidiosis suspected to be related to contaminated food, October 2006, Sakai City, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 405-407

  Yoshida, Hisayoshi ^a   Matsuo, Mitsuko ^a   Miyoshi, Tatsuya ^a   Uchino, Kiyoko ^a   Nakaguchi, Hiroyuki ^b   Fukumoto, Toshio ^b   Teranaka, Yoko ^b   Tanaka, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a Sakai City Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

^b Sakai City Public Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCUBATION TIME; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAW FOOD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 36549074591     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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