Short report: Seroprevalence of Entamoeba histolytica infection in HIV-infected patients in China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 825-828

  Chen, Yi ^a   Zhang, Yunzhi ^a   Yang, Bin ^a   Qi, Tangkai ^a   Lu, Hongzhou ^a   Cheng, Xunjia ^a   Tachibana, Hiroshi ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSAMINE; LECTIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHINA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DYSENTERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHINA; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 42949127337     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.825     Document Type: Article

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