Outbreak of human infection with Sarcocystis nesbitti, Malaysia, 2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1989-1991

  AbuBakar, Sazaly ^a   Teoh, Boon Teong ^a   Sam, Sing Sin ^a   Chang, Li Yen ^a   Johari, Jefree ^a   Hooi, Poh Sim ^b   Lakhbeer Singh, Harvinder Kaur ^b   Italiano, Claire M ^b   Omar, Sharifah F Syed ^b   Wong, Kum Thong ^a   Ramli, Norlisah ^a   Tan, Chong Tin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CYST (RESTING STAGE); EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NESBITTI; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE; FEVER; HUMAN INFECTION; MALAYSIA; MYALGIA; MYOSITIS; PANGKOR ISLAND; PARASITES; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS NESBITTI;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

EID: 84888095183     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1912.120530     Document Type: Article

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