Zoonotic transmission of Cryptosporidium parvum: Implications for water- borne cryptosporidiosis

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 348-351

  Graczyk, T K ^a   Fayer, R ^b   Cranfield, M R ^c  

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

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; OOCYST; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT; ZOONOSIS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0030797278     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01076-4     Document Type: Article

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