Physician use of parasite tests in the United States from 1997 to 2006 and in a Utah Cryptosporidium outbreak in 2007

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 591-596

  Polage, Christopher R ^a,d   Stoddard, Gregory J ^a   Rolfs, Robert T ^b   Petti, Cathy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OVUM AND PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 79951489013     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01806-10     Document Type: Article

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