A hospital-based study of epidemiological and clinical data on blastocystis hominis infection

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1077-1082

  Laodim, Pongsakorn ^a,b   Intapan, Pewpan M ^a,b   Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak ^a,b   Laummaunwai, Porntip ^a,b   Maleewong, Wanchai ^a,b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; OPISTHORCHIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THAILAND; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLOIDES;

EID: 84871284737     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1177     Document Type: Review

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