Cryptosporidiosis in kuwaiti children: Association of clinical characteristics with cryptosporidium species and subtypes

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 647-652

  Iqbal, Jamshaid ^a   Khalid, Nabila ^a   Hira, Parsotam Ravjee ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NAUSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VOMITING; WATER ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEASONS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79955648344     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.028001-0     Document Type: Article

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