Prevalence of multi-gastrointestinal infections with helminth, protozoan and Campylobacter spp. in Guatemalan children

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-234

  Jensen, Lauritz A ^a   Marlin, Jerry W ^b   Dyck, David D ^b   Laubach, Harold E ^c  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Diarrhoea; Guatemala; Helminthes; Protozoans

Indexed keywords

ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENDER; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GUATEMALA; HELMINTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PROTOZOON; RISK FACTOR; TRICHURIS;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CAMPYLOBACTER; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GIARDIA; GUATEMALA; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

EID: 67649488290     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.41     Document Type: Article

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