Microsporidiosis and cryptosporidiosis in HIV/AIDS patients in St. Petersburg, Russia: Serological identification of microsporidia and Cryptosporidium parvum in sera samples from HIV/AIDS patients

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-15

  Kucerova, Z ^a,b   Sokolova, O I ^c   Demyanov, A V ^d   Kvac, M ^e,f   Sak, B ^e   Kvetonova, D ^e   Secor, W E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Institute for Highly Pure Biopreparations   (Russian Federation)

^e Biology Centre of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; RUSSIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 78651450886     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2010.0132     Document Type: Article

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