Cryptosporidiosis among Bangladeshi children with diarrhea: A prospective, matched, case-control study of clinical features, epidemiology and systemic antibody responses

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 412-419

  Khan, Wasif A ^a   Rogers, Kathleen A ^b   Karim, Mohammad Mahbubul ^a   Ahmed, Sabeena ^a   Hibberd, Patricia L ^b   Calderwood, Stephen B ^c   Ryan, Edward T ^c   Ward, Honorine D ^b  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEIGHT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OOCYST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; VOMITING; WEIGHT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 7644236329     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.412     Document Type: Article

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