Epidemiologic aspects of human cryptosporidiosis and the role of waterborne transmission

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-136

  Meinhardt, Patricia L ^a,d   Casemore, David P ^b   Miller, Kenneth B ^c  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^d Public Health Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0030513348     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017920     Document Type: Review

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