Molecular insights for Giardia, Cryptosporidium, and soil-transmitted helminths from a facility-based surveillance system in Guatemala

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1141-1143

  Velasquez, Daniel E ^a   Arvelo, Wences ^a   Cama, Vitaliano A ^a   López, Beatriz ^b   Reyes, Lissette ^c   Roellig, Dawn M ^a   Kahn, Geoffrey D ^a   Lindblade, Kimberly A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Guatemala)

^c Laboratorio Nacional de Salud de Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; BETA TUBULIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GUATEMALA; HELMINTH; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRICHURIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; GIARDIASIS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; GUATEMALA; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83255162012     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0437     Document Type: Article

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