Cyclospora cayetanensis: A review, focusing on what some of the remaining questions about cyclosporiasis

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 368-375

  Helmy, Moshira M F ^a  

^a Misr University for Science and Technology   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cyclospora cayetanensis; Cyclosporiasis; Food safety; Hemotherapy; Immunotherapy; Water borne infection

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 79751519630     PISSN: 18715265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152610793180885     Document Type: Article

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