Prevalence and genotyping of cryptosporidium isolated from HIV/AIDS patients in urban areas of Thailand

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 463-468

  Srisuphanunt, M ^a   Saksirisampant, W ^b   Karanis, P ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PREVALENCE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; THAILAND; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 82555181260     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1364859411Y.0000000032     Document Type: Article

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