Cryptosporidiosis among patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the county of São Paulo, Brazil

Stool samples of 157 patients with AIDS, living in the county of São Paulo, were submitted to several techniques in the search for Cryptosporidium sp.. Among the various techniques tested for slide preparation (direct smear, spontaneous sedimentation method, and formol-ether concentration), the latt...

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Main Authors: Rosa Maria Donini Souza Dias, Ana Célia Steffen Mangini, Domingas Maria A. Grispino Vieira Torres, Marcelo Oswaldo A. Corrêa, Norival Lupetti, Fernando M. A. Corrêa, Pedro Paulo ChieffI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1988-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651988000400011&lng=en&tlng=en