Investigations on cryptosporidiosis in humans and livestock from the same localities

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 211-214

  Majewska, Anna C ^a   Kasprzak, Witold ^a   Werner, Anna ^a   Kozakiewicz, Bronisław ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Institute of Veterinary Hygiene   (Poland)

Author keywords

C. muris; Cryptosporidium parvum; Epidemiology; Livestock; Man; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; OOCYST; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0033368079     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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