Cryptosporidiosis in Saudi Arabia and neighboring countries

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 325-332

  Areeshi, Mohammed Y ^a   Beeching, Nicholas J ^b   Hart, C Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURAMINE; METHYLENE BLUE; PHENOL; RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CATTLE DISEASE; CHILD; COCCIDIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; IRAQ; JORDAN; KUWAIT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPICS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 37149016609     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2007.325     Document Type: Review

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