Multiple Cryptosporidium serpentis oocyst isolates from captive snakes are not transmissible to amphibians

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1298-1300

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a,b   Cranfield, Michael R ^b,c   Angel Geitner, M E ^d  

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

^b Medical Department   (United States)

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

^d VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; FROG; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; SNAKE; TADPOLE; ZOONOSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; RANIDAE; SNAKES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; ENTEROBACTER; PROTOZOA; RANA SYLVATICA; SERPENTES; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032442555     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284697     Document Type: Article

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