Cyclospora: An enigma worth unraveling

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-53

  Sterling, Charles R ^a   Ortega, Ynés R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; PERU; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0033017441     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0501.990106     Document Type: Review

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