A bibliometric study of international scientific productivity in giardiasis covering the period 1971–2010

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 076-086

  Escobedo, Angel A ^a,b,c   Arencibia, Ricardo ^d   Vega, Rosa L ^e   Rodríguez Morales, Alfonso J ^b,f,g   Almirall, Pedro ^c,h   Alfonso, Maydel ^h,i  

^a Academic Paediatric Hospital Pedro Borrás   (Cuba)

^b Working Group on Zoonoses International Society for Chemotherapy   (Japan)

^c Panamerican Association of Infectology   (Cuba)

^d Center for Clinical Researches   (Cuba)

^e Placental Histotherapy Centre   (Cuba)

^f UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^g Fundacion Cenit Colombia   (Colombia)

^h Municipal Centre of Hygiene Epidemiology and Microbiology Plaza   (Cuba)

ⁱ Hospital Universitario Comandante Manuel Fajardo   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Bibliometric; Giardia; Giardiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; ENZYMOLOGY; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LANGUAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHILD; HEALTH; INFANT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

GIARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GIARDIASIS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921292016     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.5785     Document Type: Article

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