Short report: Seroprevalence of Entamoeba histolytica infection among men who have sex with men in Sydney, Australia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 914-916

  James, Rodney ^a   Barratt, Joel ^a   Marriott, Deborah ^a   Harkness, John ^a   Stark, Damien ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; OPTICAL DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SAFE SEX;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958030048     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0231     Document Type: Article

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