Clinical laboratory practices for detection and reporting of Cryptosporidium in community cases of diarrhoea in the United Kingdom, 2008

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 48, 2010, Pages

  Chalmers, R M ^a   Campbell, B ^b   Crouch, N ^a   Davies, A P ^b  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649951340     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.48.19731-en     Document Type: Article

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