Identification of Cryptosporidium species infecting humans in Tunisia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 702-705

  Essid, Rym ^a   Mousli, Mohamed ^a   Aoun, Karim ^a   Abdelmalek, Rim ^b   Mellouli, Fethi ^c   Kanoun, Fakher ^b   Derouin, Francis ^d   Bouratbine, Aïda ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Service des Maladies Infectieuses   (Tunisia)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TUNISIA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 55849084681     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.702     Document Type: Article

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