Non-pathogenic intestinal amoebae: A clinical-analytical overview;Amebas intestinales no patógenas: una visión clinicoanalítica

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 20-28

  Sard, Bárbara Gomila ^a   Navarro, Rafael Toledo ^b   Esteban Sanchis, J Guillermo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Endolimax; Entamoeba; Epidemiology; Iodamoeba; Morphology; Non pathogenic amoebae; Prophylaxis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (GENUS); ARTICLE; CYST (RESTING STAGE); ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; INTESTINE PARASITE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NON PATHOGENIC INTESTINAL AMOEBA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; TROPHOZOITE;

AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; HUMANS; INTESTINES;

EID: 79953665524     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-005X(11)70023-4     Document Type: Article

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