Intestinal infections in humans in the Rocky Mountain Region, United States

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 194-196

  Church, Cynthia ^a   Neill, Andrea ^a   Schotthoefer, Anna M ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE INFESTATION; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENTAMOEBA; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOLIMAX; ENDOLIMAX NANA; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; IODAMOEBA BUTSCHLII; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAINING; UNITED STATES;

BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; COLORADO; FECES; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MONTANA; NEW MEXICO; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; UTAH;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

BLASTOCYSTIS SP.; DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; IODAMOEBA BUETSCHLII;

EID: 77950453251     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2229     Document Type: Article

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