Giardia sp. cysts and infectious Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in the feces of migratory Canada geese (Branta canadensis)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2736-2738

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a   Fayer, Ronald ^b   Trout, James M ^b   Lewis, Earl J ^c   Farley, C Austin ^c   Sulaiman, Irshad ^d   Lal, Altaf A ^d  

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

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECAL PELLET; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GOOSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; UNITED STATES;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARYLAND; USA;

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031867815     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2736-2738.1998     Document Type: Article

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