Water-borne Cryptosporidium: A perspective from the USA

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 286-290

  Widmer, Giovanni ^a   Carraway, Margaretha ^a   Tzipori, Saul ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; OOCYST; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0029949958     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)10016-8     Document Type: Article

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