Repeated Dientamoeba fragilis infections: A case report of two families from Sydney, Australia

Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-9

  Stark, Damien ^a,b   Barratt, Joel ^a,b   Ellis, John ^b   Harkness, John ^a,b   Marriott, Deborah ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dientamoeba fragilis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85115341452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20367449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/idr.2009.1280     Document Type: Article

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