Unique Cryptosporidium population in HIV-infected persons, Jamaica

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 841-843

  Gatei, Wangeci ^a,b   Barrett, Donnett ^c   Lindo, John F ^c   Eldemire Shearer, Denise ^c   Cama, Vitaliano ^a,b   Xiao, Lihua ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAMAICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE;

EID: 45249107497     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1405.071277     Document Type: Article

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