Waterborne cryptosporidiosis: Current status

Parasitology Today

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-22

  Smith, Huw V ^a   Rose, Joan B ^b  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Marine Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; SLUDGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031935409     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01150-2     Document Type: Article

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