Potential role of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in the epidemiology of Cryptosporidium parvum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2086-2088

  Fayer, Ronald ^a   Parley, C Austin ^b   Lewis, Earl J ^b   Trout, James M ^a   Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OYSTER; RESERVOIR;

ANIMALIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0030894942     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.2086-2088.1997     Document Type: Article

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