Prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum/hominis, Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia among Young Children with and without Diarrhea in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Tellevik, Marit G ^a   Moyo, Sabrina J ^b,c   Blomberg, Bjørn ^a,b   Hjøllo, Torunn ^b   Maselle, Samuel Y ^c   Langeland, Nina ^a,b   Hanevik, Kurt ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA; AGE; COMPLICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; GENETICS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84959250488     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004125     Document Type: Article

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