Intestinal and urogenital amebae, flagellates, and ciliates

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 2-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 2149-2171

  Leber, Amy L ^a   Novak Weekley, Susan ^b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SCPMG Regional Reference Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliates; E. histolytica; Flagellates; Intestinal amebae; Urogenital amebae

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188876475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch137     Document Type: Chapter

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