Diagnosis of Giardia and Cryptosporidium infection in children with diarrheal illness using rapid immunochromatographic assay

Archives of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  El Tantawy, Nora L ^a   El Nahas, Hala A ^a   Sultan, Doaa M ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 84872015443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19898436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3823/246     Document Type: Article

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