Cryptosporidium parvum causes gastroenteritis epidemics in the Nablus region of Palestine

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-17

  Hussein, Ayman S ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Palestine; PCR RFLP; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GENOMIC DNA; MALACHITE GREEN; RIBOSOME DNA;

DRINKING WATER; DYE; EPIDEMIC; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; SYMPTOM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; OOCYST; PALESTINE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMICS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

NABLUS; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE; WEST BANK;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 78650200376     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02673.x     Document Type: Article

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