Epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in north American travelers to Mexico

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-214

  Nair, Parvathy ^b   Mohamed, Jamal A ^b   DuPont, Herbert L ^b   Figueroa, Jose Flores ^b   Carlin, Lily G ^b   Jiang, Zhi Dong ^b   Belkind Gerson, Jaime ^b   Martinez Sandoval, Francisco G ^b   Okhuysen, Pablo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MSB 7510 ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TENESMUS; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 49449111559     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.210     Document Type: Article

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