Detection of Giardia cysts in sewage and estimations of giardiasis prevalence among inhabitants in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Oda, Takuya ^a   Kawabata, Masato ^a   Uga, Shoji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

detection method; Giardia intestinalis; prevalence; sewage

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016731322     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.33.1     Document Type: Article

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