Cystoisospora and Cyclospora

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 479-483

  Legua, Pedro ^a,b   Seas, Carlos ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

coccidian parasites; Cyclospora; Cystoisospora

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

COCCIDIA; COCCIDIAL INFECTION; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; CYSTOISOSPORA; CYSTOISOSPORIASIS; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISOSPORA BELLI; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERSISTENT INFECTION; REVIEW; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; HUMANS; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883601042     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qco.0000433320.90241.60     Document Type: Review

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