Prevalence and molecular characterization of cryptosporidium in schoolchildren from department of Rio San Juan (Nicaragua)

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-47

  Munoz Antoli C ^a   Pavon A ^b   Marcilla, A ^a   Toledo, R ^a   Esteban, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NICARAGUA; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICARAGUA; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 79953875857     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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