Cryptosporidium in countries of the arab world: The past decade (2002-2011)

Libyan Journal of Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ghenghesh, Khalifa Sifaw ^a   Ghanghish, Khaled ^b   El Mohammady, Hanan ^c   Franka, Ezzddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arab countries; Children; Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium; Diarrhea; Foreign housekeepers

Indexed keywords

NITAZOXANIDE; PLACEBO;

ARAB; CHLORINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTERITIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84871493944     PISSN: 19932820     EISSN: 18196357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v7i0.19852     Document Type: Review

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