Viability and infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts are retained upon intestinal passage through a refractory avian host

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3234-3237

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a,b   Cranfield, Michael R ^b,c   Fayer, Ronald ^d   Anderson, M Susan ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Medical Department   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DUCK; FECES; INTESTINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE VECTOR;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0029786507     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3234-3237.1996     Document Type: Article

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