Genetic characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. among children with diarrhea in Tehran and Qazvin Provinces, Iran

Iranian Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 30-36

  Keshavarz, A ^a   Athari, A ^a   Haghighi, H ^a   Kazami, B ^a   Abadi, A ^a   Nazemalhoseini Mojarad, E ^a   Kashi, L ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Cryptosporidum; Diarrhea; Genotyping; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551516269     PISSN: 17357020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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