Under-notification of cryptosporidiosis by routine clinical and laboratory practices among non-hospitalised children with acute diarrhoea in Southern Spain

Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-119

  Martin Ampudia M ^a   Mariscal, A ^a   Lopez Gigosos, R M ^a   Mora, L ^b   Fernandez Crehuet, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium diarrhoea; Epidemiology; Genotype

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SPAIN;

EID: 84863187861     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0188-3     Document Type: Article

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