Entamoeba bangladeshi nov. sp., Bangladesh

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1543-1545

  Petri, William A ^a   Royer, Tricia L ^a   Gilchrist, Carol ^a   Kabir, Mamun ^b   Arju, Tuhinur ^b   Ralston, Katherine S ^a   Haque, Rashidul ^b   Clark, C Graham ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BANGLADESH; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84865328312     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1809.120122     Document Type: Letter

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