Which genotypes/species of Cryptosporidium are humans susceptible to?

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Morgan, Una ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^b   Sulaiman, Irshad ^b   Weber, Rainer ^c   Lal, Altaf A ^b   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a   Deplazes, Peter ^d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GENOTYPE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 0033199094     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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