Cryptosporidium, enterocytozoon, and cyclospora infections in pediatric and adult patients with diarrhea in Tanzania.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on February 01, 1999

Authors

J P Cegielski1, Y R Ortega, S McKee, J F Madden, L Gaido, D A Schwartz, K Manji, A F Jorgensen, S E Miller, U P Pulipaka, A E Msengi, D H Mwakyusa, C R Sterling, L B Reller

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1: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. gzc2@cdc.gov

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